statue

statue
    n 1: a sculpture representing a human or animal
    

Statue \Stat"ue\ (st[a^]ch"[=oo]; also, st[a^]t"[-u]; 135), n.
   [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.
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            I will raise her statue in pure gold. --Shak.
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   2. A portrait. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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Statue \Stat"ue\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Statued} (-[-u]d); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Statuing}.]
   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.
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67 Moby Thesaurus words for "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