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statue
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statue
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Statue
(gcide) | 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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Statue
(gcide) | 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
(wn) | statue
n 1: a sculpture representing a human or animal |
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statue maker
(encz) | statue maker, n: |
statue of liberty
(encz) | Statue of Liberty,Socha svobody |
statues
(encz) | statues,sochy pl. |
statuesque
(encz) | statuesque,vznešený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
statuesquely
(encz) | statuesquely, |
statuesqueness
(encz) | statuesqueness,nehybnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
statuette
(encz) | statuette,soška n: Zdeněk Brož |
Portrait statue
(gcide) | Portrait \Por"trait\, n. [F., originally p. p. of portraire to
portray. See Portray.]
1. The likeness of a person, painted, drawn, or engraved;
commonly, a representation of the human face painted from
real life.
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In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the
likeness, consists more in the general air than in
the exact similitude of every feature. --Sir J.
Reynolds.
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Note: The meaning of the word is sometimes extended so as to
include a photographic likeness.
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2. Hence, any graphic or vivid delineation or description of
a person; as, a portrait in words.
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Portrait bust, or Portrait statue, a bust or statue
representing the actual features or person of an
individual; -- in distinction from an ideal bust or
statue.
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Statue
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]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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Statued
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]Statued \Stat"ued\ (st[a^]t"[-u]d), a.
Adorned with statues. "The statued hall." --Longfellow.
"Statued niches." --G. Eliot.
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Statueless
(gcide) | Statueless \Stat"ue*less\ (st[a^]t"[-u]*l[e^]s), a.
Without a statue.
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Statuelike
(gcide) | Statuelike \Stat"ue*like`\ (st[a^]ch"[=oo]*l[imac]k` or
st[a^]t"[-u]*l[imac]k`), a.
Like a statue; motionless.
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Statuesque
(gcide) | Statuesque \Stat`u*esque"\ (st[a^]ch`[=oo]*[e^]sk" or
st[a^]t`[-u]*[e^]sk"), a.
Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a
statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue
artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque
attitude.
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Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this
respect, that they have no background. --Hare.
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Statuesquely
(gcide) | Statuesquely \Stat`u*esque"ly\, adv.
In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like
a statue.
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A character statuesquely simple in its details.
--Lowell.
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Statuette
(gcide) | Statuette \Stat`u*ette"\ (st[a^]ch`[=oo]*[e^]t" or
st[a^]t`[-u]*[e^]t"), n. [F., cf. It. statuetta.]
A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than
life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster
or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as
distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf.
Figurine.
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Terminal statue
(gcide) | Terminal \Ter"mi*nal\ (-nal), a. [L. terminals: cf. F. terminal.
See Term, n.]
1. Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the
extremity; as, a terminal edge.
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2. (Bot.) Growing at the end of a branch or stem;
terminating; as, a terminal bud, flower, or spike.
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3. (Railroads) Pertaining to a railroad terminal; connected
with the receipt or delivery of freight; as, terminal
charges.
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Terminal moraine. See the Note under Moraine.
Terminal statue. See Terminus, n., 2 and 3.
Terminal velocity.
(a) The velocity acquired at the end of a body's motion.
(b) The limit toward which the velocity of a body
approaches, as of a body falling through the air.
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nude statue
(wn) | nude statue
n 1: a statue of a naked human figure [syn: nude, {nude
sculpture}, nude statue] |
statue maker
(wn) | statue maker
n 1: an artist who creates sculptures [syn: sculptor,
sculpturer, carver, statue maker] |
statue of liberty
(wn) | Statue of Liberty
n 1: a large monumental statue symbolizing liberty on Liberty
Island in New York Bay |
statuesque
(wn) | statuesque
adj 1: of size and dignity suggestive of a statue [syn:
stately, statuesque]
2: suggestive of a statue [syn: Junoesque, statuesque] |
statuette
(wn) | statuette
n 1: a small carved or molded figure [syn: figurine,
statuette] |
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