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to sculp

to sculp

1 9.5
To make a statue by shaping materials like clay or stone
  • verb
  • /skʌlp/
translation icon : esculpir
  • She decided to sculp a beautiful dolphin from a block of marble.

Now, you know, I didn't even know that I could sculpt.

Examples

  • Going to do my sculpting feel so wet.

  • So it was, it was good to be there to to learn to to sculpt what ended up being what it is.

  • I'm making sculptures right now out of rocks, and I love rocks.

  • I'm just going to do a little bit of sculpting, but I just use this little Glossier cloud paint.

  • And this is a process of shaping and sculpting the child into the obedient person that the parent demands.

  • And this is a process of shaping and sculpting the child into the obedient person that the parent demands.

  • And Robert Shaw's, you know, there's always when you take sculpting, you learn about proportions.

  • I enjoy spending my weekends to sculp abstract figures out of clay.

  • The artist plans to sculp a large statue that will be displayed in the park.

Synonyms

to sculpt
vsto sculp
57 4.3

To make a statue from stone, wood, or clay by cutting and shaping it

is the broader act of making three dimensional art as craft
to sculpture
vsto sculp
2 4.6

To make a figure by carving stone or wood

is about the general act of creating three dimensional art or craft

Surface Forms

sculp infinitive
sculpted past
sculpted past participle
sculpting present participle
sculps third person singular

Etymology

Sculp comes from an old Latin word sculpere that meant 'to carve'. You can see the same idea in sculpture and sculptor, so to sculp something is to carve stone, wood, or clay into a shape.