upright English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Vertical; erect.
- I was standing upright , waiting for my orders.
* 1608 , William Shakespeare, The merry Deuill of Edmonton , introduction, lines 1–4
- Fab''[''ell'']'': ?What meanes the tolling of this fatall chime, // O what a trembling horror ?trikes my hart! // My ?tiffned haire ?tands vpright on my head, // As doe the bri?tles of a porcupine.
* 1782 , Fanny Burney, Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress , volume V, Book X, chapter X: “A Termination”, page 372
- Supported by pillows, ?he ?at almo?t upright .
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Greater in height than breadth.
(figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
Synonyms
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Adverb
( en adverb)
in or into an upright position
Noun
( en noun)
Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
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A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
(informal) An upright piano.
Holonyms
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Related terms
* upright piano
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pylon English
Noun
( en noun)
A gateway to the inner part of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
A tower-like structure, usually one of a series, used to support high-voltage electricity cables.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
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(aviation) A structure used to mount engines, missiles etc., to the underside of an aircraft wing or fuselage.
An obelisk.
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A traffic cone.
(American football) An orange marker designating one of the four corners of the end zone in American football.
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