Definition of "statue"

statue

/ˈstæt͡ʃ.uː/

noun
plural statues
1. A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
  Quotations
  I will raise her statue in pure gold.
  c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act V, scene iii]
  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.”!
  2017 October 8, “Confederacy”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 26, John Oliver (actor), via HBO
2. (dated) A portrait.
  Quotations
  The young lady just then would have formed a graceful model for a statue of Attention
  a. 1876, Philip Massinger, Mart and Mansion
verb
third-person singular simple present statues, present participle statuing, simple past and past participle statued
1. (transitive) To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
  Quotations
  The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.
  1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political