Sculpture

English Meaning

The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials.

1. The art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal.
2. A work of art created by sculpture.
3. Such works of art considered as a group.
4. Ridges, indentations, or other markings, as on a shell, formed by natural processes.
5. To fashion (stone, bronze, or wood, for example) into a three-dimensional figure.
6. To represent in sculpture.
7. To ornament with sculpture.
8. To change the shape or contour of, as by erosion.
9. To make sculptures or a sculpture.