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STATUE
statue
(noun) a sculpture representing a human or animal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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