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sculp·ture 
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| 1. | the art of carving, modeling, welding, or otherwise producing figurative or abstract works of art in three dimensions, as in relief, intaglio, or in the round. |
| 2. | such works of art collectively. |
| 3. | an individual piece of such work. |
| 4. | to carve, model, weld, or otherwise produce (a piece of sculpture). |
| 5. | to produce a portrait or image of in this way; represent in sculpture. |
| 6. | Physical Geography. to change the form of (the land surface) by erosion. |
| 7. | to work as a sculptor. |
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME (n.) < L sculptūra, equiv. to sculpt(us) (ptp. of sculpere to carve) + -ūra -ure]
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sculp·tur·al, adjective
sculp·tur·al·ly, adverb
| Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
sculpture
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v. sculp·tured, sculp·tur·ing, sculp·tures v. tr.
v. intr. To make sculptures or a sculpture. [Middle English, from Latin sculptūra, from sculptus, past participle of sculpere, to carve; see skel-1 in Indo-European roots.] sculp'tur·al adj., sculp'tur·al·ly adv. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
sculpture
1390, from L. sculptura "sculpture," from pp. stem of sculpere "to carve, engrave," back-formation from compounds such as exculpere, from scalpere "to carve, cut," from PIE base *(s)kel- "to cut, cleave." Sculptor is first recorded 1634, from L. sculptor, from sculpere.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
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| 1. | a three-dimensional work of plastic art |
| 2. | creating figures or designs in three dimensions |
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| 1. | create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material; "sculpt a swan out of a block of ice" [syn: sculpt] |
| 2. | 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" [syn: sculpt] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈsculpture1 [-tʃə] noun
the art of modelling or carving figures, shapes etc
Example: He went to art school to study painting and sculpture.
ˈsculpture2 [-tʃə] nounExample: He went to art school to study painting and sculpture.
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work done by a sculptor
Example: These statues are all examples of ancient Greek sculpture.
See also: sculptorExample: These statues are all examples of ancient Greek sculpture.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Sculpture
Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. sculptura: cf. F. sculpture.]1. The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials. 2. Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc. There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen. --Dryden.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Sculpture
Sculp"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculptured; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculpturing.] To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. Sculptured tortoise (Zo["o]l.), a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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