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sculp⋅ture

  [skuhlp-cher] noun, verb, -tured, -tur⋅ing.
–noun
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.
–verb (used with object)
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.
–verb (used without object)
7. to work as a sculptor.
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Origin:
1350–1400; ME (n.) < L sculptūra, equiv. to sculpt(us) (ptp. of sculpere to carve) + -ūra -ure

Related forms:
sculp⋅tur⋅al, adjective
sculp⋅tur⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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sculp·ture   (skŭlp'chər)   
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.

    1. A work of art created by sculpture.

    2. 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 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.
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Word Origin & History

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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