Stature
['stætʃə] or ['stætʃɚ]
Definition
(noun.) (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot.
(noun.) high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement; 'a man of great stature'.
Typed by Harrison--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The natural height of an animal body; -- generally used of the human body.
Edited by Angus
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Height, tallness.
Typed by Jody
Definition
n. the height of any animal.—adj. Stat′ured having a certain specified stature.
Checker: Velma
Examples
- Young John was small of stature, with rather weak legs and very weak light hair. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Once--unknown, and unloved, I held him harsh and strange; the low stature, the wiry make, the angles, the darkness, the manner, displeased me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Supposing him wrapped up as those two passengers were, is there anything in his bulk and stature to render it unlikely that he was one of them? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I replied it was not the stature, but the intellect was too lofty. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He bounded over the crevices in the ice, among which I had walked with caution; his stature also, as he approached, seemed to exceed that of man. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- His figure seemed very tall as he entered, and stood in contrast with the three ladies, none of whom could boast a stature much beyond the average. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Tars Tarkas, whose giant stature towered high above the rest of us, could see the farthest. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Blanche and Mary were of equal stature,--straight and tall as poplars. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He was short of stature and he had a thin voice and much fear of bulls. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I measured her stature and calculated her strength. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The use of this agency is still in its earliest youth, but it has already done so much that it is impossible to say to what a stature it may grow. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Akbar next perhaps to Asoka, was one of the greatest of Indian monarchs, and one of the few royal figures that approach the stature of great men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She neither grows in wisdom nor in stature. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Her height and shape were not unlike Miss Helstone's; perhaps in stature she might have the advantage by an inch or two. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In the case of Lincoln, for example, we find that in his youth he was as distinguishe d by diligence in study as by physical stature and prowess. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Editor: Roxanne