sculpt

Etymology

From French sculpter, from Latin sculpō (“to cut out, carve in stone”).

verb

1. (transitive) To form by sculpture.
   They sculpted a statue out of clay.
2. (intransitive) To work as a sculptor.
   What do you do? -I used to box, but now I sculpt.
3. (transitive) To carve out gradually.
   Landforms sculpted by the wind.

noun

1. (computer graphics) A modification that can be applied to an object, like a texture, but changes the object's shape rather than its appearance.