statue
(noun) a sculpture representing a human or animal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
statue (plural statues)
A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
(dated) A portrait.
• image, sculpture, simulacrum
• bust, figurine
statue (third-person singular simple present statues, present participle statuing, simple past and past participle statued)
(transitive) To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
• astute
Source: Wiktionary
Stat"ue, n. Etym: [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. I will raise her statue in pure gold. Shak.
2. A portrait. [Obs.] Massinger.
Stat"ue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Statued; p. pr. & vb. n. Statuing.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
