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sculpture

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsculpture, fromOld Frenchsculpture, fromLatinsculptūra(“sculpture”), fromsculpō(“to cut out, to carve in stone”).

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Noun

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sculpture (usuallyuncountable,pluralsculptures)

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  2. (countable) A three-dimensionalwork of art created by shaping malleable objects and letting them harden or by chipping away pieces from a rock (sculpting).
    • 1697,Virgil, “The Sixth Book of theÆneis”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC:
      There, too, in livingsculpture, might be seen / The mad affection of the Cretan queen.
  3. (countable) More generally (sincemodernism), a three-dimensionalwork of art of any material or of mixed materials, whether sculpted, assembled, found, constructed or created using multiple techniques.
  4. Works of art created by sculpting, as a group.
  5. (zoology) The three-dimensionalornamentation on the outer surface of ashell.
  6. (archaic) Aprintedpicture, such as anengraving.
    • 1669,John Nievhoff, translated byJohn Ogilby,An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China‎[1], London: John Macock,→OCLC, page[2]:
      Whereas upon the humble Requeſt of Our Truſty and Wel-beloved Servant, JOHN OGILBY,Eſquire, We were Graciouſly pleaſed by Our Warrant of the 25. of May,in the ſeventeenth Year of Our Reign, to grant him the ſole Privilege and Immunity of Printing in fair Volumes, Adorned withSculptures, VirgilTranſlated, Homer's Iliads, ÆſopParaphraſed, and Our Entertainmentin Paſſing through Our City of London,and Coronation,together with Homer's Odyſſes,and his fore-mentioned Æſopwith his Additions and Annotations in Folio,with a Prohibition, that none ſhould Print or Re-print the ſame in any Volumes, without the Conſent and Approbation of him, the ſaid John Ogilby,his Heirs, Executors, or Aſſigns, within the term of Fifteen Years next enſuing the Date of Our ſaid Warrant;[…]
    • 1690, “Preface to the Reader”, inA Full and True Relation of the Great and Wonderful Revolution That Hapned Lately in the Kingdom of Siam in the East-Indies, London: Randal Taylor, page i:
      Both are Tranſlated into Engliſh, Illuſtrated withSculptures, and Printed about two Years ago.

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Translations

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art of sculpting
work of art created by sculpting

Verb

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sculpture (third-person singular simple presentsculptures,present participlesculpturing,simple past and past participlesculptured)

  1. Tofashion something into athree-dimensionalfigure.
  2. Torepresent something in sculpture.
  3. To change theshape of alandfeature byerosion etc.

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to fashion into 3D figure
to represent in sculpture
to shape a land feature
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sculpture f (pluralsculptures)

  1. sculpture

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Latin

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Participle

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sculptūre

  1. vocativemasculinesingular ofsculptūrus
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