sculpt

[ skuhlpt ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. Fine Arts. to carve, model, or make by using the techniques of sculpture.
2. to form, shape, or manipulate, as in the manner of sculpture:

   Her hair was sculpted by a leading hairdresser.

sculpt

/ skʌlpt /

verb

1. See sculpture
   a variant of sculpture sculpture sculpture sculpture
2. intr to practise sculpture

Other Words From

• re·sculpt verb (used with object)

Word History and Origins

Origin of sculpt¹

1860–65; < French sculpter < Latin sculpt- (past participle stem of sculpere to carve); or as back formation from sculptor

Word History and Origins

Origin of sculpt¹

C19: from French sculpter, from Latin sculpere to carve

Example Sentences

Roadside signs, backed by the sculpted peaks of Glacier National Park, declared “Fire Activity Ahead” and “Caution Helispot.”

From Outside Online

We can imagine sculpting with words or musical notes or transforming Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon into a symphony.

From Nautilus

Canyonlands is just half an hour from Arches, but you’ll find half as many people swooning over the buttes and depths of a desert landscape sculpted by the Colorado River.

From Outside Online

Every part of it looks like it was sculpted by an advanced alien race.

From Outside Online

Plus, the sculpted, softgrip handle fits the contour of your hand, and promises to transfer 2X less shock and vibration than wood handles.

From Popular-Science

A former Miss Argentina died while having plastic surgery to sculpt her buttocks.

From The Daily Beast

I have been looking at Theodore; do you know, he has a good head to sculpt.

From Project Gutenberg

I'm here to read the proof-sheets of my hanbils as fast as they're sculpt.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• chisel
• divide
• engrave
• etch
• fashion
• hack
• mold
• shape
• slice