sculpt

[ skuhlpt ]

/ skʌlpt /

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verb (used with or without object)

Fine Arts. to carve, model, or make by using the techniques of sculpture.

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

OTHER WORDS FROM sculpt

re·sculpt, verb (used with object)

Words nearby sculpt

scullion, sculp, sculpin, sculping, sculpsit, sculpt, sculptor, Sculptor's Tool, sculptress, sculpture, sculptured

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How to use sculpt in a sentence

Roadside signs, backed by the sculpted peaks of Glacier National Park, declared “Fire Activity Ahead” and “Caution Helispot.”
At Glacier’s Edge, the Flames Have Always Come for My Family Cabin|jversteegh|August 20, 2021|Outside Online
We can imagine sculpting with words or musical notes or transforming Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon into a symphony.
This NFT Painting Is a Work of Art - Issue 104: Harmony|Arthur I. Miller|August 18, 2021|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.
15 National Park Trails to Add to Your Bucket List|elessard|August 6, 2021|Outside Online
Every part of it looks like it was sculpted by an advanced alien race.
Embrace Your Inner Dirtbag|jversteegh|July 13, 2021|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.
These are the best log splitters to chop time and energy off splitting firewood|Irena Collaku|June 25, 2021|Popular-Science
A former Miss Argentina died while having plastic surgery to sculpt her buttocks.
I Want a Bigger Butt|Stanley Crouch|December 1, 2009|DAILY BEAST
I have been looking at Theodore; do you know, he has a good head to sculpt.
The Woman Who Vowed|Ellison Harding
I'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)

British Dictionary definitions for sculpt

sculpt

/ (skʌlpt) /

verb

a variant of sculpture (def. 5), sculpture (def. 6), sculpture (def. 7), sculpture (def. 8)

(intr) to practise sculpture

Also called (formerly): sculp

Word Origin for sculpt

C19: from French sculpter, from Latin sculpere to carve

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