sculpt
[skuhlpt]
verb (used with or without object)
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create, design, forge, construct, trim, shave, pare, erode, lessen, diminish, fashion, divide, hack, chisel, shape, slice, engrave, etch, mold, carve
Nearby words
- sculp,
- sculp.,
- sculpin,
- sculping,
- sculpsit,
- sculptor,
- sculptor's tool,
- sculptress,
- sculptural,
- sculpture
Origin of sculpt
1860–65; < French sculpter < Latin sculpt- (past participle stem of sculpere to carve); or as back formation from sculptor
sculp.
or sculpt
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Examples from the Web for sculpt
A former Miss Argentina died while having plastic surgery to sculpt her buttocks.
I have been looking at Theodore; do you know, he has a good head to sculpt.
The Woman Who Vowed|Ellison HardingI'm here to read the proof-sheets of my hanbils as fast as they're sculpt.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward|Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)
sculpt
verb
Also called (formerly): sculp
Word Origin for sculpt
C19: from French sculpter, from Latin sculpere to carve
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sculpt
1826 (implied in sculpted), from French sculpter, from Latin sculpt-, past participle stem of sculpere "to carve" (see sculpture). Related: Sculpting. The older verb form was sculpture (1640s), also sculp (1530s).
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