sculp
verb (used with object)
to sculpture; carve or model.
sculp
1 American
[skuhlp]
/ skʌlp /
verb (used with object)
sculp.
2
American
Or
sculpt
abbreviation
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sculptor.
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sculptural.
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sculpture.
Etymology
Origin of sculp
First recorded in 1525–35, sculp is from the Latin word sculpere to carve
Example Sentences
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The show, in sum, is a mirror of modern French sculp ture.
From Time Magazine Archive
He came for a private hearing to establish his sanity so that he could sculp without interference.
From Time Magazine Archive
For last October's Manhattan sculp ture festival, Artist Claes Oldenburg hired two professional gravediggers to shovel out a coffin-sized hole in Central Park, then fill it up again.
From Time Magazine Archive
Just as no one can say for sure whether Braque or Picasso did the first cubist painting, so no one can be sure whether Moore or Hepworth first did this kind of open sculp ture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now—I can't sculp, and somehow I never was strong for them guys who sit straddle of a little chair and paint cows and posies and things on a strip of muslin hooked over a frame.
From Then I'll Come Back to You by Evans, Larry
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