sculp

[ skuhlp ]

/ skʌlp /

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verb (used with object)

to sculpture; carve or model.

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Origin of sculp

First recorded in 1525–35, sculp is from the Latin word sculpere to carve

Other definitions for sculp (2 of 2)

sculp.

or sculpt

abbreviation

sculptor.

sculptural.

sculpture.

How to use sculp in a sentence

When I grow up a little more and learn how, I am going to sculp such a wonderful statue that Zebedee can stop working.
Vacation with the Tucker Twins|Nell Speed
As we neared them, the driver said: Its bout an even chance thet wes sculp ther!
Greater Britain|Charles Wentworth Dilke
Then when they went home in the evening, the grand-moth-er would say, "What have you been doing to-day, my little sculp-tor?"
Fifty Famous Stories Retold|James Baldwin
Zanetti certainly cut many of his own blocks, as the prints with the signature A. M. Zanetti, sculp.
John Baptist Jackson|Jacob Kainen

Jourdan sculp., 1788, shows his armorial bearings surmounted by his coronet, whilst beneath are enumerated his titles and offices.
French Book-plates|Walter Hamilton