Statue

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Statue \Stat"ue\ (st[a^]ch"[=oo]; also, st[a^]t"[-u]; 135), n.
     [F., fr. L. statua (akin to stativus standing still), fr.
     stare, statum, to stand. See {Stand}.]
     1. The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in
        some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image;
        as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion.


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              I will raise her statue in pure gold. --Shak.
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     2. A portrait. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Statue \Stat"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Statued} (-[-u]d); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Statuing}.]
     To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a
     statue. "The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and
     earth." --Feltham.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  statue
       n : a sculpture representing a human or animal

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "statue":
     art object, atlas, brainchild, bric-a-brac, bronze, bust, carving,
     caryatid, cast, casting, classic, colossus, composition, creation,
     design, doll, dolly, dummy, effigy, fantoccini, figure, figurehead,
     figurine, gingerbread man, graven image, grotesque, icon, ikon,
     image, kitsch, lay figure, man of straw, manikin, mannequin,
     marble, marionette, master, masterpiece, masterwork, mobile, model,
     monument, museum piece, nude, old master, pasticcio, pastiche,
     piece, piece of virtu, portrait bust, puppet, representation,
     scarecrow, sculpture, snowman, stabile, statuary, statuette,
     still life, study, terra cotta, virtu, wax figure, waxwork,
     wood carving, work, work of art