ERECT
Dictionary entry overview: What does erect mean?
• ERECT (adjective)
The adjective ERECT has 2 senses:
1. upright in position or posture
2. of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
Familiarity information: ERECT used as an adjective is rare.
• ERECT (verb)
The verb ERECT has 2 senses:
1. construct, build, or erect
2. cause to rise up
Familiarity information: ERECT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ERECT (adjective)
Meaning:
Upright in position or posture
Synonyms:
erect; upright; vertical
Context examples:
an erect stature / erect flower stalks / for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression / a column still vertical amid the ruins / he sat bolt upright
Similar:
semi-upright (of animals that are partly erect)
standing (having a supporting base)
stand-up (requiring a standing position)
statant (standing on four feet)
straight-backed (of posture)
semi-erect (of plants that are partly erect)
semi-climbing (of plants that are semi-climbers)
rampant; rearing (rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile)
passant (in walking position with right foreleg raised)
orthostatic (pertaining to an upright standing posture)
fastigiate (having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column))
erectile (capable of being raised to an upright position)
straight; unbent; unbowed (erect in posture)
Attribute:
attitude; position; posture (the arrangement of the body and its limbs)
Antonym:
unerect (not upright in position or posture)
Meaning:
Of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
Synonyms:
erect; tumid
Similar:
hard (resisting weight or pressure)
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
• ERECT (verb)
Meaning:
Construct, build, or erect
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
erect; put up; set up; rear; raise
Context example:
Raise a barn
Hypernyms (to "erect" is one way to...):
build; construct; make (make by combining materials and parts)
Domain category:
building; construction (the act of constructing something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to rise up
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
erect; rear
Hypernyms (to "erect" is one way to...):
bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "erect"):
pitch; set up (erect and fasten)
cock up; prick; prick up (raise)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
