Lexic.us

Definition of Sculpture

1. Verb. Create by shaping stone or wood or any other hard material. "Did he sculpture his major works over a short period of time?"; "Sculpt a swan out of a block of ice"

2. Noun. A three-dimensional work of plastic art.

3. Verb. 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"

4. Noun. Creating figures or designs in three dimensions.

Definition of Sculpture

1. n. 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. v. t. To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave.

Definition of Sculpture

1. Noun. The art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, professionally performed by a sculptor ¹

2. Noun. A work of art created by sculpting. ¹

3. Noun. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group. ¹

4. Verb. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure. ¹

5. Verb. To represent something in sculpture. ¹

6. Verb. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sculpture

1. [v -TURED, -TURING, -TURES]

Medical Definition of Sculpture

1. 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) Origin: L. Sculptura: cf. F. Sculpture. To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. Sculptured tortoise, a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures. Origin: Sculptured; Sculpturing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sculpture

sculpt sculptability sculptable sculpted sculpting sculptors sculptress sculptresses sculptrices sculptrix

sculpts sculpturable sculptural sculptural relief sculpturally sculpture (current term) sculptured sculptured painting sculpturelike sculpturer

sculptures sculpturesque sculpturesquely sculpturing sculpturist sculpturists sculs scultch scultches scum

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