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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.

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

sculpt [skʌlpt]
vb
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a variant of sculpture [5-8]
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (intr) to practise sculpture Also sculp
[from French sculpter, from Latin sculpere to carve]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.sculpt - create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"
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"
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"

sculpt
verb carve, cut, fashion, model, form, shape, cast, sculpture, chisel, hew They sculpt the material while it is in the right stage of stickiness.
Translations
sculpt [skʌlpt]
A. VTesculpir
B. VIesculpir
sculpt [ˈskʌlpt]
vtsculpter
visculpter
sculpt
vt = sculpture VT
vibildhauern (inf); he sculpts for a livinger verdient sich (dat)seinen Lebensunterhalt als Bildhauer, er lebt vom Bildhauern (inf)
sculpt [skʌlpt] vt & viscolpire
sculpt [skʌlpt] vt & viscolpire


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