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Meaning: Upright in position or posture Synonyms: 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)
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 "There's always a deep breath before a plunge." (English proverb) "A danger foreseen is half-avoided." (Native American proverb, Cheyenne) "Jade requires chiselling before becoming a gem." (Chinese proverb) "Without suffering, there is no learning." (Croatian proverb) Useful links: Definition of passant Definition of unbent Pronunciation of physiology Definition of get up Pronunciation of cock up
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