sculpt

[skuhlpt]

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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.

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)

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Related Words for sculpted

chiseled, sculpted, create, design, forge, construct, sculpt, trim, shave, pare, erode, lessen, diminish, fashion, divide, hack, chisel, shape, slice

Examples from the Web for sculpted

Contemporary Examples of sculpted

A Daily Mail writer, wearing a facsimile of the dress, said it was sculpted to her body, but not restrictively so.
Happy 20th Birthday, Liz Hurley’s Safety-Pin Dress
Tim Teeman
December 12, 2014
You believe that your body can make everything good; just one glimpse of your sculpted, toned beauty and—poof!
Justin Bieber's Abs Cannot Save Him
Tim Teeman
September 10, 2014
Jen Selter has turned photos of her sculpted derriere into a moneymaking career.
Back Off, B*tches. There’s Only One Butt Selfie Queen
Cheryl Wischhover
May 9, 2014
In her cramped kitchen she mashed pork fat with oatmeal and sculpted a loaf, which she fried up in patties.
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’
Eileen Cronin
April 8, 2014
These days, fit women and men get sculpted, ripped, chizzled.
London’s Own Badass SoulCycle
Emma Woolf
March 17, 2014

Historical Examples of sculpted

Do tell me about something else you made, which you loved—something you sculpted.
Touch and Go
D. H. Lawrence
At the cathedral doors of Verona, Roland and Oliver were sculpted.
How France Built Her Cathedrals
Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
She was dressed in very severe perfect black, marvellous lines, waiting to be sculpted.
Balloons
Elizabeth Bibesco
Walls were stucco, a form of cement that could be sculpted, or paneled or hung with silk and printed paper.
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed.
S. A. Reilly

British Dictionary definitions for sculpted

sculpt

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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Word Origin and History for sculpted

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).