Category:Statues

A statue is a three-dimensional carving or casting of a person, animal, or scene. It is typically made of one material chosen from a variety of materials including, but not limited to plaster, marble, wood, metal, plastic, or resin. The term "statues" usually refers to a full person, but can also refer to a bust, the head and shoulders of a person.

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.

Statue Stat"ue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Statued; p. pr. & vb. n. Statuing.]

Defn: 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.