verb
- Shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it.
- usage: "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband"
- Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface.
- usage: "engrave a pen"; "engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's"; "the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
adjective
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