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Antonyms for sculpt
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : skuhlpt |
| Phonetic Transcription : skʌlpt |
Definition of sculpt
Origin :- 1826 (implied in sculpted), from French sculpter, from Latin sculpt-, past participle stem of sculpere "to carve" (see sculpture). Related: Sculpting. The older verb form was sculpture (1640s), also sculp (1530s).
- As in model : verb form, shape
- As in mold : verb form, give shape
- As in sculpture : verb form a three-dimensional art object
- As in whittle : verb cut away at; reduce
- As in carve : verb cut carefully with sharp instrument
- As in chisel : verb cut, wear away
- As in depict : verb describe, render in drawing or writing
- As in emboss : verb imprint
- I'm here to read the proof-sheets of my hanbils as fast as they're sculpt.
- Extract from : « The Complete Works of Artemus Ward » by Charles Farrar Browne (AKA Artemus Ward)
- I have been looking at Theodore; do you know, he has a good head to sculpt.
- Extract from : « The Woman Who Vowed » by Ellison Harding
Synonyms for sculpt
- adorn
- base
- block out
- build
- carve
- cast
- characterize
- chip
- chisel
- cleave
- construct
- consume
- create
- cut
- decorate
- decrease
- delineate
- design
- detail
- devise
- diminish
- dissect
- dissever
- divide
- eat away
- engrave
- erect
- erode
- etch
- fashion
- forge
- form
- frame
- grave
- hack
- hew
- illustrate
- image
- impress
- incise
- indent
- insculpt
- interpret
- lessen
- limn
- make
- model
- mold
- mould
- narrate
- outline
- paint
- pare
- pat
- pattern
- picture
- plan
- plant
- plot
- portray
- punch
- put together
- relate
- report
- represent
- reproduce
- rough-hew
- roughcast
- roughhew
- round
- scheme
- sculp
- sculpt
- sculpture
- shape
- shave
- sketch
- slash
- slice
- stamp
- state
- stipple
- sunder
- tool
- trim
- undermine
- wear away
- whittle
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