[skuhlp-cher] 
noun, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing.| 1. | the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round. |
| 2. | such works of art collectively. |
| 3. | an individual piece of such work. |
| 4. | to carve, model, weld, or otherwise produce (a piece of sculpture). |
| 5. | to produce a portrait or image of in this way; represent in sculpture. |
| 6. | Physical Geography. to change the form of (the land surface) by erosion. |
| 7. | to work as a sculptor. |
| sculp·ture (skŭlp'chər) n.
v. tr.
To make sculptures or a sculpture. [Middle English, from Latin sculptūra, from sculptus, past participle of sculpere, to carve; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.] sculp'tur·al adj., sculp'tur·al·ly adv. |