transitive. To hew about, to carve.

transitive. To carve, sculpture; to make carvings upon, ornament with carvings; to portray or represent by carving.

transitive. To cut, grave, pare, shape, etc. with a chisel. Often with out.

To excavate, carve out; to form by excavation or carving.

To shape artistically by cutting. Also figurative.

To make or form by cutting (e.g. a statue, engraving, seal, jewel, etc.), to sculpture or carve (a statue or image), to engrave (a plate, seal…

transitive. To represent in sculpture, to carve (a design or figure) from the solid.

To sculpture. Now chiefly colloquial or jocular.

transitive. To sculpture; absol., to practise the art of sculpture.

transitive. To cut away from below or from behind.