Thesaurus: erection

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1. n. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.
2. n. The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes.
3. n. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
4. n. Anything erected; a building of any kind.
5. n. The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.
6. n. an erect penis
7. n. a structure that has been erected
8. n. the act of building or putting up
9. 1. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage. 2. The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes. Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws up. Sidney 3. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension. 4. Anything erected; a building of any kind. 5. (Physiol.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.
10. The state of a part which, from having been soft, has becomehard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.
11. n:100 n. an erect penis n. a structure that has been erected