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Webster 1913 Edition

Sculpture

Sculp′ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[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.

Sculp′ture

(?; 135)
,
Verb.
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
(Zool.)
,
a common North American wood tortoise (
Glyptemys insculpta
). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.

Webster 1828 Edition

Sculpture

SCULP'TURE

,
Noun.
[L. sculptura.]
1. The art of carving, cutting or hewing wood or stone into images of men, beasts or other things. Sculpture is a generic term, including carving or statuary and engraving.
2. Carved work.
There too, in living sculpture, might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen.

Definition 2024

sculpture

sculpture

English

Noun

sculpture ‎(usually uncountable, plural sculptures)

  1. (uncountable) The art of shaping figures or designs in the round or in relief, professionally performed by a sculptor
  2. (countable) A work of art created by sculpting.
    • Dryden
      There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
  3. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
  4. (zoology) The three-dimensional ornamentation on the outer surface of a shell

Translations

Verb

sculpture ‎(third-person singular simple present sculptures, present participle sculpturing, simple past and past participle sculptured)

  1. To fashion something into a three-dimensional figure.
  2. To represent something in sculpture.
  3. To change the shape of a land feature by erosion etc.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skyl.tyʁ/ (p is not pronounced)
  • Homophone: sculptures

Noun

sculpture f ‎(plural sculptures)

  1. sculpture

Anagrams

Latin

Participle

sculptūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of sculptūrus

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sculptura ‎(“sculpture”), from sculpere ‎(“to cut out, to carve in stone”).

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