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sculpt

[skuhlpt]
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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.
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Origin of sculpt

1860–65; < French sculpter < Latin sculpt- (past participle stem of sculpere to carve); or as back formation from sculptor
Related formsre·sculpt, verb (used with object)

sculp.

or sculpt

  1. sculptor.
  2. sculptural.
  3. sculpture.
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sculpt

verb
  1. a variant of sculpture (def. 5), sculpture (def. 6), sculpture (def. 7), sculpture (def. 8)
  2. (intr) to practise sculpture
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Also called (formerly): sculp

Word Origin

C19: from French sculpter, from Latin sculpere to carve
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Word Origin and History for sculpt

v.

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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