Uk English Meaning of erect

erect

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Definitions and Meaning of erect in English

Wordnet

erect (v)

construct, build, or erect

cause to rise up

Wordnet

erect (a)

upright in position or posture

Wordnet

erect (s)

of sexual organs; stiff and rigid

Webster

erect (a.)

Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.

Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.

Watchful; alert.

Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.

Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.

Webster

erect (v. t.)

To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.

To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.

To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.

To animate; to encourage; to cheer.

To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.

To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

Webster

erect (v. i.)

To rise upright.

FAQs About the word erect

erect

construct, build, or erect, cause to rise up, upright in position or posture, of sexual organs; stiff and rigidUpright, or having a vertical position; not inver

perpendicular,standing,upright,vertical,lifted,plumb,raised,Elevated,freestanding,semi-erect

flat,prostrate,recumbent,diagonal,hanging,sagging,slanted,supine,slope,slanting

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