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upright

/ˈʌpɹaɪt/

noun

Meaning

  • Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.

  • A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

  • An upright piano.

  • Short for upright vacuum cleaner.

verb

Meaning

  • To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

adjective

Meaning

  • Vertical; erect.

    "I was standing upright, waiting for my orders."

  • Greater in height than breadth.

  • Of good morals; practicing ethical values.

  • (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Synonyms

surrect

adverb

Meaning

  • In or into an upright position