SCULPTURED

graven, sculpted, sculptured

(adjective) cut into a desired shape; “graven images”; “sculptured representations”

modeled, sculptural, sculptured, sculpturesque

(adjective) resembling sculpture; “her finely modeled features”; “rendered with...vivid sculptural effect”; “the sculpturesque beauty of the athletes’ bodies”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sculptured (comparative more sculptured, superlative most sculptured)

Made like a sculpture.

Attractively formed.

Source: Wiktionary


SCULPTURE

Sculp"ture, n. Etym: [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, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sculptured (; p. pr. & vb. n. Sculpturing.]

Definition: To form with the chisel on, in, or from, wood, stone, or metal; to carve; to engrave. Sculptured tortoise (Zoöl.), a common North American wood tortoise (Glyptemys insculpta). The shell is marked with strong grooving and ridges which resemble sculptured figures.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

19 November 2024

SALTWORT

(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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