erect

Definitions

1. 1adjective

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

2. 2adjective

   Directed upward; raised; uplifted.

3. 3adjective

   Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.

4. 4adjective

   Watchful; alert.

5. 5adjective

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

6. 6adjective

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

7. 7transitive verb

   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.

8. 8transitive verb

   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.

9. 9transitive verb

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

10. 10transitive verb

    To animate; to encourage; to cheer.

11. 11transitive verb

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

12. 12transitive verb

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

13. 13intransitive verb

    To rise upright.

14. 14verb

    construct, build, or erect

    "Raise a barn"

    Synonyms

    raiserear
15. 15verb

    cause to rise up

    Synonyms

    rear
16. 16adjective

    of sexual organs; stiff and rigid

    Synonyms

    tumid
17. 17adjective

    upright in position or posture

    "an erect stature"

    "erect flower stalks"

    Synonyms

    uprightvertical