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In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

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