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.

Nearby words

sculp, sculp., sculpin, sculping, sculpsit, sculpt, sculptor, sculptor's tool, sculptress, sculpture, sculptured

Origin of sculpt

1860–65; < French sculpter < Latin sculpt- (past participle stem of sculpere to carve); or as back formation from sculptor

Related forms

re·sculpt, verb (used with object)

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Examples from the Web for sculpted

A Daily Mail writer, wearing a facsimile of the dress, said it was sculpted to her body, but not restrictively so.
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You believe that your body can make everything good; just one glimpse of your sculpted, toned beauty and—poof!
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In her cramped kitchen she mashed pork fat with oatmeal and sculpted a loaf, which she fried up in patties.
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These days, fit women and men get sculpted, ripped, chizzled.
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At the cathedral doors of Verona, Roland and Oliver were sculpted.
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Walls were stucco, a form of cement that could be sculpted, or paneled or hung with silk and printed paper.
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Do tell me about something else you made, which you loved—something you sculpted.
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British Dictionary definitions for sculpted

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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