sculptured

sculp·ture  (sklpchr)

n.

1. The art or practice of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, as by chiseling marble, modeling clay, or casting in metal.

2.

a. A work of art created by sculpture.

b. Such works of art considered as a group.

3. Ridges, indentations, or other markings, as on a shell, formed by natural processes.

v. sculp·tured, sculp·tur·ing, sculp·tures

v.tr.

1. To fashion (stone, bronze, or wood, for example) into a three-dimensional figure.

2. To represent in sculpture.

3. To ornament with sculpture.

4. To change the shape or contour of, as by erosion.

v.intr.

To make sculptures or a sculpture.

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[Middle English, from Latin sculptra, from sculptus, past participle of sculpere, to carve; see skel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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sculptur·al adj.

sculptur·al·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	sculptured - cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured representations" graven, sculpted carved, carven - made for or formed by carving (`carven' is archaic or literary); "the carved fretwork"; "an intricately carved door"; "stood as if carven from stone"
	2.	sculptured - resembling sculpture; "her finely modeled features"; "rendered with...vivid sculptural effect"; "the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies" modeled, sculpturesque, sculptural shapely - having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs"