statue /ˈstæt͡ʃu/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •a work of art in the solid shape of a person or an animal, made by cutting or shaping hard materialI will raise her statue in pure gold. — 1591 •(old-fashioned) A portrait.The young lady just then would have formed a graceful model for a statue of Attention — 1876 verb1 •To form a statue of; to make into a statue.The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth. — 1623 formsstatued · statuing · statues