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English to English adjective
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upright in position or posture |  | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree. |  | source: webster1913
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Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a right angle with the shaft. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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in a vertical position; not sloping |  | Example: an upright post
source: wordnet30
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of moral excellence |  | Example: a genuinely good person a just cause an upright and respectable man
source: wordnet30 noun
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a vertical structural member as a post or stake |  | Example: the ball sailed between the uprights
source: wordnet30
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a piano with a vertical sounding board |  | source: wordnet30
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Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame. |  | source: webster1913
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A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full upright shave. |  | source: webster1913
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