From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
sculpture
n 1: a three-dimensional work of plastic art
2: creating figures or designs in three dimensions [syn:
carving]
v 1: create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material;
"sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" [syn: sculpt]
2: shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at
it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of
her husband" [syn: sculpt, grave]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sculpture \Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Sculptured; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculpturing.]
To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or
metal; to carve; to engrave.
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Sculptured tortoise (Zool.), a common North American wood
tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with
strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured
figures.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sculpture \Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. sculptura: cf. F.
sculpture.]
1. 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.
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2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal,
etc.
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There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen
The mad affection of the Cretan queen. --Dryden.
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