sculpt
[ skuhlpt ]
/ skʌlpt /
verb (used with or without object)
Origin of sculpt
1860–65; < French
sculpter < Latin
sculpt- (past participle stem of
sculpere to carve); or as back formation from
sculptor
OTHER WORDS FROM sculpt
re·sculpt, verb (used with object)Words nearby sculpt
sculp,
sculp.,
sculpin,
sculping,
sculpsit,
sculpt,
sculptor,
sculptor's tool,
sculptress,
sculpture,
sculptured
Definition for sculpt (2 of 2)
Example sentences from the Web for sculpt
A former Miss Argentina died while having plastic surgery to sculpt her buttocks.
I have been looking at Theodore; do you know, he has a good head to sculpt.
The Woman Who Vowed |Ellison HardingI'm here to read the proof-sheets of my hanbils as fast as they're sculpt.
The Complete Works of Artemus Ward |Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)
British Dictionary definitions for sculpt
sculpt
/ (skʌlpt) /
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