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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form a three-dimensional art object |
| Synonyms: | carve, cast, chisel, cut, engrave, fashion, hew, model, mold, sculp, sculpt, shape |
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| Concept: | Sculpture. |
| Category: | 1. Natural Means |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
sculpture, insculpture; carving; statuary., high relief, low relief, bas relief; relief; relieve; bassorilievo, altorilievo, mezzorilievo; intaglio, anaglyph; medal, medallion; cameo., marble, bronze, terra cotta, papier-mache; ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware; cloisonne, enamel, faience, Laocoon, satsuma., statue (image); cast (copy); glyptotheca.
-verbs
sculpture, carve, cut, chisel, model, mold; cast.
-adjectives
sculptured, in refief, anaglyptic, ceroplastic, ceramic; parian; marble; xanthian.
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| Main Entry: | build |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | construct structure |
| Synonyms: | assemble, bring about, carpenter, cast, compile, compose, contrive, engineer, erect, evolve, fabricate, fashion, fit together, forge, form, frame, jerry-build, knock together, make, manufacture, model, prefabricate, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, reconstruct, sculpture, set up, superstruct, synthesize, throw together, throw up |
| Notes: | billed is having a beak or having been presented a statement of costs or charges, while build is to construct |
| Antonyms: | demolish, destroy, dismantle, knock down, raze, ruin, take down |
| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | molded structure |
| Synonyms: | conformation, copy, duplicate, embodiment, facsimile, figure, form, mold, plaster, replica, sculpture, shape |
| Main Entry: | chisel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut, wear away |
| Synonyms: | carve, hew, incise, roughcast, roughhew, sculpt, sculpture, shape |
| Main Entry: | copy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate |
| Synonyms: | Xerox, carbon, cartoon, clone, counterfeit, delineate, depict, ditto, draw, dupe, engrave, engross, fake, forge, imitate, knock off, limn, manifold, mimeo, mirror, mold, paint, paraphrase, photocopy, photostat, picture, plagiarize, portray, reduplicate, reflect, repeat, replicate, represent, reproduce, rewrite, sculpture, simulate, sketch, stat, trace, transcribe |
| Notes: | Xerox is actually a trademark for copies made on that brand of machine; copy is a duplicate made in any of a number of ways, while photocopy is a duplicate made using a machine with a photographic process |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incision |
| Synonyms: | carving, chip, chop, cleavage, cleft, dissection, fissure, furrow, gash, graze, groove, intersection, kerf, laceration, mark, nick, nip, notch, opening, passage, penetration, pierce, prick, rabbet, rent, rip, scarification, sculpture, section, shave, slash, slit, slot, snip, stab, stroke, trench, trim, wound |
| Main Entry: | fashion |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjust, design, create |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, build, carve, construct, contrive, cook up, cut, devise, dream up, erect, fabricate, fit, forge, form, frame*, knock together, make, manufacture, model, mold, plan, plot, produce, sculpture, shape, suit, tailor, throw together, turn out, work |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | medium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area of artistic expression |
| Synonyms: | art, drama, interpretation, manifestation, mark, music, painting, revelation, sculpture, speech, writing |
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