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sculpt

verb
\ ˈskəlpt How to pronounce sculpt (audio) \
sculpted; sculpting; sculpts

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Synonyms for sculpt

Synonyms

carve, sculpture

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Examples of sculpt in a Sentence

She carefully sculpted the wood. The children painted and sculpted all morning. Sculpt your back with push-ups.
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One fortuitously ran into Baumgart, a La Crescenta conceptual designer and illustrator who sculpted and designed 45 commercial Rose Parade floats while attending ArtCenter in the ’70s and was willing to help. Sara Cardine, latimes.com, "LCF Tournament of Roses Assn. gets fresh wind under its wings with new design team," 12 July 2019 The pool is a pressure cooker of social expectations for women: to diet, shop, shave, tweeze, sculpt and tone. Amanda Hess, New York Times, "Women Crash the Pool Party," 3 July 2019 Plants such as Balm of Gilead in its Empress oil and tonic, as well as a traditional Chinese bian stone tool, help clients sculpt and lift to reap rewards naturally. Prue Lewington, Harper's BAZAAR, "Women Are Giving Up Botox for Facial Massage," 23 May 2019 The Robinson statue was sculpted by Oakland’s Branly Cadet and unveiled April 15, 2017, the 70th anniversary of Robinson breaking the color barrier. John Shea, SFChronicle.com, "Giants should use Mark Melancon money toward re-signing Madison Bumgarner," 3 Aug. 2019 Alexander Balz, one of the artists, said the hardest parts to sculpt were the spacesuits. Aj Willingham, CNN, "Butter sculptures, cow cuddling and an epic Uber ride," 27 July 2019 Chinese mountainsides are sculpted into terraced rice paddy pools that transform once rugged terrain into three-dimensional topographic maps. Steven Litt, cleveland.com, "Edward Burtynsky photos at Cleveland Museum of Art document mankind’s troubled relationship with water," 23 June 2019 Claus Sluter, from Haarlem in the Netherlands, sculpted the tomb’s dramatic and vivid set of mourners. Brian T. Allen, National Review, "Dijon’s Masterpiece of a Museum, Brilliantly Renovated," 20 July 2019 On a frantic mission to sculpt his body, Carlos Suárez powers through another day of his heavy weight routine. Washington Post, "Lawyer to be Mexico’s first body builder at Pan Am Games," 18 July 2019

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First Known Use of sculpt

1864, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for sculpt

French sculpter, alteration of obsolete sculper, from Latin sculpere

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sculpt

verb

English Language Learners Definition of sculpt

: to make (something) by carving or molding clay, stone, etc. : to make (a sculpture)
chiefly US : to make (a part of your body) more muscular by doing exercises

sculpt

verb
\ ˈskəlpt How to pronounce sculpt (audio) \
sculpted; sculpting

Kids Definition of sculpt

Other Words from sculpt

sculptor \ ˈskÉ™lp-​tÉ™r \ noun

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