Meaning of statue | Babel Free

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1. A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
2. A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting
3. A three-dimensional form or likeness sculpted, modeled, carved, or cast in material such as stone, clay, wood, or bronze.
4. A portrait.
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5. A portrait
6. a three-dimensional work of art, as a figure of a person or animal or an abstract form, carved in stone or wood, molded in a plastic material, cast in bronze, or the like.
7. To form a statue of; to make into a statue
8. a sculptured figure of a person, animal etc in bronze, stone, wood etc. A statue of Nelson stands at the top of Nelson's Column; The children stood as still as statues. standbeeld تِمْثال، نُصُب статуя estátua socha das Standbild statue άγαλμα kuju مجسمه patsas statueפסל प्रतिमा kip, statua szobor patung stytta statua 像 조상 statula statuja tugu standbeeldstatueposągestátua statuie статуя; изваяние socha kip statua staty รูปปั้น; รูปหล่อ; รูปแกะสสัก heykel 雕像 статуя مجسمہ bức tượng 雕像
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9. (Art Terms) a wooden, stone, metal, plaster, or other kind of sculpture of a human or animal figure, usually life-size or larger
10. n → Statue f, → Standbild nt; Statue of Liberty → Freiheitsstatue f
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Examples

“I will raise her statue in pure gold.”

“It’s true, Robert E. Lee was opposed to statues of people like Robert E. Lee! So any city that decides to keep a statue of him should, at the very least, add a speech bubble saying, “You know, I specifically told you all not to do this.”!”

“The young lady just then would have formed a graceful model for a statue of Attention”

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