sculpt (redirected from sculped)

sculpt  (sklpt)

v. sculpt·ed, sculpt·ing, sculpts

v.tr.

1. To sculpture (an object).

2. To shape, mold, or fashion especially with artistry or precision: "Zoning is a blunt instrument that can at best shape but should not try to sculpt cities" H. Claude Shostal.

v.intr.

To be a sculptor.

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[French sculpter, from Old French, from Latin sculpere, sculpt-, to carve; see sculpture.]

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sculpt

Verb

same as sculpture

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	sculpt - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" sculpture artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" grave, sculpt, sculpture - shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work - make something, usually for a specific function; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword"
	2.	sculpt - shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it; "She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband" grave, sculpture carve - form by carving; "Carve a flower from the ice" sculpt, sculpture - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"