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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Statue \Stat"ue\ (st[a^]ch"[=oo]; also, st[a^]t"[-u]; 135), noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Statue \Stat"ue\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
statue
noun: a sculpture representing a human or animal
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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