statue

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   I will raise her statue in pure gold.

2. 2
   noun

   A portrait.

   The young lady just then would have formed a graceful model for a statue of Attention

3. 3
   verb

   To form a statue of; to make into a statue.

   The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.

4. 4
   noun

   a sculpture representing a human or animal

Etymology

From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statuō (“set up or erect”). Doublet of statua.