Thesaurus: upright
In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
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- a. In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
- a. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
- a. Conformable to moral rectitude.
- a. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
- n. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.
- adj. in a vertical position; not sloping
- adj. of moral excellence
- adj. upright in position or posture
- n. a vertical structural member as a post or stake
- n. a piano with a vertical sounding board
- Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building.See Illust. of Frame.