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sculptured

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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.

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

sculptur·al adj.
sculptur·al·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.sculptured - cut into a desired shape; "graven images"; "sculptured representations"
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 sculpturesculptured - resembling sculpture; "her finely modeled features"; "rendered with...vivid sculptural effect"; "the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes' bodies"
shapely - having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape; "a slim waist and shapely legs"
Translations
sculptured [ˈskʌlptʃərd] adjsculpté(e)
sculpture garden njardin m de sculptures
sculpture park nparc m de sculptures
sculptured
adj
(lit)geformt; (in stone) → gehauen, gemeißelt; decorated with sculptured flowersmit plastisch gearbeiteten Blumen verziert
(fig) cheekbones, profileausgeprägt, markant


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Nevertheless, Leviathan is of so mighty a magnitude, all his proportions are so stately, that the same deficiency which in the sculptured Jove were hideous, in him is no blemish at all.
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning--little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door-- Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as "Nevermore.
I think, Grandfather, that each of these old governors should have his statue set up in our State House, Sculptured out of the hardest of New England granite.
 
 
 
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