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| 1. | [ verb ] construct, build, or erect | |
| Synonyms: | set_up put_up raise rear | |
| Examples: | "Raise a barn" |
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| Related terms: | level construct construction erecting | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] upright in position or posture | |
| Synonyms: | upright vertical | |
| Examples: | "an erect stature" "erect flower stalks" "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression" "a column still vertical amid the ruins" "he sat bolt upright" |
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| Related terms: | unerect standing straight straight-backed rampant fastigiate erectile stand-up statant orthostatic passant position | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (physiology) of sexual organs; stiff and rigid | |
| Synonyms: | tumid | |
| Related terms: | physiology hard | |
| 4. | [ verb ] cause to rise up | |
| Synonyms: | rear | |
| Related terms: | raise prick_up pitch erecting | |
| Similar spelling: |
erectly eruct erection erecting erectile erst ergot ersatz eristic ergotic |
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