STATUE

statue

(noun) a sculpture representing a human or animal

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Hypernyms

• image, sculpture, simulacrum

Hyponyms

• bust, figurine

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• astute

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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