<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>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.</li><li>such works of art collectively.</li><li>an individual piece of such work.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to carve, model, weld, or otherwise produce (a piece of sculpture).</li><li>to produce a portrait or image of in this way; represent in sculpture.</li><li>(Physical Geography) to change the form of (the land surface) by erosion.</li><li>(used without object) to work as a sculptor.</li></ul>