Statue

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: stat=ue

CIDE DICTIONARY

Statue, n. [F., fr. L. statua (akin to stativus standing still), fr. stare, statum, to stand. See Stand.].

•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "I will raise her statue in pure gold."  [1913 Webster]
•  A portrait.  Massinger.  [1913 Webster]

Statue, v. t. 

 To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.  Feltham.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Statue, n. a sculptured, cast, carved, or moulded figure of a person or animal, esp. life-size or larger (cf. STATUETTE).

Derivative

statued adj.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. L statua f. stare stand

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Statue

Representation

N representation, representment, imitation, illustration, delineation, depictment, imagery, portraiture, iconography, design, designing, art, fine arts, painting, sculpture, engraving, photography, cinematography, radiography, autoradiography, fluorography, sciagraphy, personation, personification, impersonation, drama, picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, X-ray photo, movie film, movie, tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV, copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, represent, representing, representative, illustrative, represented, imitative, figurative, iconic, like, graphic, cinquecento quattrocento, trecento.

VB copy, drawing, sketch, drought, draft, plot, chart, figure, scheme, image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness, very image, effigy, facsimile, figure, figure head, puppet, doll, figurine, aglet, manikin, lay- figure, model, mammet, marionette, fantoccini, waxwork, bust, statue, statuette, ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji, diagram, monogram, map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan), ichnography, cartography, atlas, outline, scheme, view, radiograph, scotograph, sciagraph, spectrogram, heliogram, V, represent, delineate, depict, depicture, portray, take a likeness, catch a likeness, hit off, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot, figure, shadow forth, shadow out, adumbrate, body forth, describe, trace, copy, mold, dress up, illustrate, symbolize, paint, carve, engrave, personate, personify, impersonate, assume a character, pose as, act, play, mimic, hold the mirror up to nature.

Sculpture

N 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, cast, glyptotheca, sculptured, v, in relief, anaglyptic, ceroplastic, ceramic, parian, marble, xanthian.