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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
statue
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
ancient
▪ Ruth sat among the Scarabae like a living plant among ancient statues.
▪ The first glimpse of an ancient statue of the Black Virgin shocks and surprises.
▪ It should also be borne in mind that ancient marble statues were painted.
▪ However, the gilded, artistic monument housing the ancient statue is exposed for the admiration and consideration of her devotees.
bronze
▪ It is believed that the temple once contained a bronze statue of Venus, which was later moved to the banqueting House.
▪ In the Roman Imperial period copper and bronze statues and silver and bronze jewellery were commonly gilded.
▪ Him reaching up to pat a big bronze statue of himself on the shoulder.
▪ There is also an equestrian bronze statue of St George, for which Plecnik designed the base.
▪ A small bronze statue of a ballet dancer was sold for £7,703,500 in an auction at Sotheby's in London.
equestrian
▪ A great number of equestrian statues must have existed but there are scanty remains of these.
▪ In 1734, Macrae presented Glasgow with an equestrian statue of King William.
▪ Giambologna's equestrian statue of Cosimo I has been cleaned under the auspices of the Pegasus consortium.
▪ There is also an equestrian bronze statue of St George, for which Plecnik designed the base.
▪ Only the tips of the fingers of the equestrian statue of the King have survived.
famous
▪ Every now and then he lifted a finger off the wheel and pointed out some famous bridge or statue or museum.
▪ Even famous statues in the middle of towns are not immune to eclipse.
large
▪ It may be argued from the evidence that the Minoans did not make large statues.
▪ To one side of it was a large statue of the Virgin.
▪ Both the models and the technical skills were available, so it would be strange if no large statues were attempted.
▪ Beida was just falling in line by removing the large statue, it was argued.
▪ Some bronze and clay fittings imply that there were at least two large statues on Minoan Crete, i.e. life-size or larger.
▪ That afternoon we visited the stately Osborne House with its large statues and priceless antiques.
▪ The bigger figure stands 55 metres tall and is said to be the world's largest Buddha statue.
small
▪ This small statue was donated in 1628 by Maria M. de Lara.
▪ There, on a dusty windswept plain, a small wooden statue of a man in robes teeters upon a short pole.
▪ The smaller statue measures 38 metres.
▪ Cranston glared at the small statue in a niche, the Virgin and Child; secretly, the coroner hated Christmas.
▪ I settled on the floor between two small statues.
▪ A small bronze statue of a ballet dancer was sold for £7,703,500 in an auction at Sotheby's in London.
■ NOUN
marble
▪ It should also be borne in mind that ancient marble statues were painted.
▪ You have a face like a perfect marble statue, yet I know you are not stone inside.
▪ Museum chiefs say the marble statue should be removed from the portico of the gallery and replaced by a replica.
▪ This is surely not only the earliest marble statue we possess but one of the first made.
▪ In the case of the marble statue, molecules in solid marble are continuously jostling against one another in random directions.
▪ In this way it is possible for a marble statue to wave at us.
■ VERB
carve
▪ The 18C owner, one Ondrej Kranner, carved the statue standing beside the pavement.
▪ Something like marble gleamed close by the shore, seeming to leap yet not to fall again-a carved statue of a hound!
destroy
▪ In the case of monuments and historical buildings, the erosion and damage can destroy carvings and statues and weaken building structures.
erect
▪ Strictly speaking, we should erect a statue to a plumber in Trafalgar Square.
▪ The mission: raise $ 50, 000 and erect a commemorative statue on the City Hall front lawn.
move
▪ Resolutions to move the statue came up in 1928, 1932 and 1950.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The committee will try to raise $20,000 to erect a commemorative statue on City Hall's front lawn.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Makeup began to whiten his lapels like droppings on a statue.
▪ The statue shares space with dioramas, glassed-in scenes of the Capitol in various stages of its construction.
▪ The statue slowly slithered off his body; a grating noise as it hit the floor.
▪ The Williams statue was moved anyway.
▪ There were statues on pedestals, angels or statesmen, he couldn't tell.
▪ They got away with only two statues and left the rest.
▪ We had a Realtor call one day who said he wanted to buy 100 statues.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Statue

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.

    I will raise her statue in pure gold.
    --Shak.

  2. A portrait. [Obs.]
    --Massinger.

Statue

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
statue

late 14c., from Old French statue, estatue "(pagan) statue, graven image" (12c.), from Latin statua "image, statue, monumental figure, representation in metal," properly "that which is set up," back-formation from statuere "to cause to stand, set up," from status "a standing, position" (see status). The children's game of statues is attested from 1906.

Wiktionary
statue

n. 1 A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting. 2 (context dated English) A portrait. vb. (context transitive English) To form a statue of; to make into a statue.

WordNet
statue

n. a sculpture representing a human or animal

Wikipedia
Statue

A statue is a sculpture representing one or more people or animals (including abstract concepts allegorically represented as people or animals), normally full-length, as opposed to a bust, and at least close to life-size, or larger. A small statue, usually small enough to be picked up, is called a statuette or figurine.

The definition of a statue is not always clear-cut; equestrian statues, of a person on a horse, are certainly included, and in many cases, such as a Madonna and Child or a Pietà, a sculpture of two people will also be.

Statues have been produced in many cultures from prehistory to the present; the oldest known statue dating to about 30,000 years ago. The world's tallest statue, Spring Temple Buddha, is 128 metres (420 ft), and is located in Lushan County, Henan, China.

Many statues are built on commission to commemorate a historical event, or the life of an influential person. Many statues are intended as public art, exhibited outdoors or in public buildings. Some statues gain fame in their own right, separate from the person or concept they represent, as with the Statue of Liberty.

Statue (disambiguation)

A statue is a sculpture representing one or more people or animals.

Statue or The Statue may also refer to:

Usage examples of "statue".

This clock was removed, with the statues, to make room for another at the beginning of this century, and it appears that the arches and gables were also altered, which may perhaps account for their present ugly appearance.

Transferring from the clay to the marble block, he carved the statue of young Lorenzo for the niche above Dawn and Dusk, using an architectonic approach, designing this figure of contemplation to be static, tight, withdrawn, involved in its own interior brooding.

On arriving at the Pont Neuf he saw the model of the statue of Henri IV.

He stopped, drew his shapes, walked on, stopped, drew, walked, on to the spired old-century cragginess of Nabob Bridge, and over quickly through Kinken where the richer khepri moieties, older money and arriviste, preserved their dreamed-up culture in the Plaza of Statues, kitsch mythic shapes in khepri-spit.

The statue was female, exquisite in the beauty of its subject and the artistry of its crafter.

Broken glass lay shattered on the streets, and great numbers of Chiar, paralyzed by their own assimilated outer coatings, stood like statues.

It was inscribed on his colossal statues, and repeated in the redoubled acclamations of the mournful and applauding senate.

Walking through a maze of stacked magazines and expired telephone books, she headed toward the mantel, where she saw a statue of Buddha resembling Baboo the Genie wearing balloony, CP Shades culottes.

Statues of the Nymphs, but drove away her flocks and her before them, thumping her along with their Battons as if she had bin a she-goat.

But its mention recalled Lady Bellamy and the ominous incident in which that statue had figured, and he hastened to drown recollection in action.

El Mirador again, Farkas very quickly took cognizance of everything around him: the ring of jolly little cafes, the flowing fountain in the middle, the statue of Don Eduardo Callaghan, El Supremo, benignly looming down to the right.

The stone was the statue of a woman, a Venus grosser than Mrs Blatter, her belly swelling with children, tits like mountains, cunt a valley that began at her navel and gaped to the world.

As he busily sniffed the feet and legs of the statue Blotto forgot his manners for the first time in years.

But Bourreau may have the statue hidden, along with any other loot he owns.

Gertrude Winlow, revolving like a faintly coloured statue, to young Tharp, with his clean face and his fair bullety head, who danced as though he were riding at a bullfinch.