Definition of Statue

1. Noun. A sculpture representing a human or animal.

Specialized synonyms: Colossus Of Rhodes, Statue Of Liberty
Specialized synonyms: Herm, Nude, Nude Sculpture, Nude Statue, Olympian Zeus, Sphinx, Term, Terminal Figure, Terminus
Generic synonyms: Sculpture
Derivative terms: Statuary, Statuette

Definition of Statue

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.

Definition of Statue

1. Noun. A three-dimensional work of art, usually of a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Statue

1. a three-dimensional work of art [n -S] : STATUED [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Statue

statoids
statolith
statoliths
stator
stator coil
stators
statoscope
statoscopes
stats
statto
stattos
statua
statuaries
statuary
statuas
statue (current term)
statue maker
statued
statueless
statuelike
statues
statuesque
statuesquely
statuesqueness
statuette
statuettes
statuminate
statuminated
statuminates
statuminating

Literary usage of Statue

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by American Folklore Society (1904)
"THE statue OF DAVID. Notable among the possessions of the Buffalo Historical Society and the city of Buffalo—notable indeed among the art treasures of ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1862)
"The print in the book contains the statue ; it was therefore in all ... I do not think the fact of the proof not having the statue proves anything, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"So the bronze statue, highly esteemed for its material, which was always ... The most impressive piece of work of this kind was the statue by Ernest Barrias ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"LIBERTY, statue of, the name of a colossal statue on Bedloe's Island in New York ... On 28 Oct. 1886, after more than 12 years of preparation, this statue, ..."

5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"Contemp 111:11-18 Ja 47 statues and portraits Barnard statue of Lincoln. ... 11 Lit Digest 54:18-19 Ja 6 47 Barnard's Lincoln—a statue of the spirit of ..."

6. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"The Artemis of Delos, the Hera of Samos, and the statue of Chares. ... Myron and the statue of the Discobolus.—Polyclitus and the statue of the ..."

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