upright
/ˈʌpɹaɪt/
noun
- 1
Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
- 2
A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- 3
An upright piano.
- 4
Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
verb
- 1
To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
adjective
- 1
Vertical; erect.
“I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.”
- 2
Greater in height than breadth.
- 3
Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- 4
(of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
Synonyms
adverb
- 1
In or into an upright position
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