Upright

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Being in a vertical position or direction: synonym: vertical.
  • adjective. Erect in posture or carriage.
  • adjective. Adhering strictly to moral principles; righteous.
  • adjective. Designed with the pedals below the seat to allow an erect posture rather than a reclining one.
  • adverb. Vertically.
  • noun. A perpendicular position; verticality.
  • noun. Something, such as a goalpost, that stands upright.
  • noun. An upright piano.
  • noun. An upright bicycle.
  • transitive verb. To restore to an upright position.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In golf, the lie of a club. See lie.
  • Vertically.
  • Flat on the back; horizontally and with the face upward.
  • Erect; vertical.
  • Erect on one's feet; hence, erect as a human being; in general, having the longest axis vertical: as, an upright boiler.
  • Erected; pricked up; standing out straight from the body.
  • Adhering to rectitude; not deviating from correct moral principles; of inflexible honesty.
  • In accord with what is right; honest; just.
  • Well adjusted or disposed; in good condition; right.
  • 4 and Just, Rightful, etc. (see righteous), honorable, conscientious, straightforward, true.
  • noun. Something standing erect or vertical.
  • noun. In architecture, the elevation or orthography of a building. Gwilt. A molding-machine of which the mandrel is perpendicular.
  • noun. An upright pianoforte.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of frame.
  • noun. A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full upright shave.
  • noun. the vertical part of a goalpost, especially the part above the horizontal bar.
  • adjective. In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward.
  • adjective. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just.
  • adjective. Conformable to moral rectitude.
  • adjective. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
  • adjective. Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
  • adjective. a drilling machine having the spindle vertical.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Vertical; erect.
  • adjective. Greater in height than breadth.
  • adjective. Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
  • adverb. in or into an upright position
  • noun. Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
  • noun. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
  • noun. An upright piano.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. in a vertical position; not sloping
  • adjective. upright in position or posture
  • noun. a piano with a vertical sounding board
  • adjective. of moral excellence
  • noun. a vertical structural member as a post or stake
  • Word Usage
    "Mr. Woods was raised by his mother in what he calls an "upright Southern Baptist" environment in Manchester, Ga."
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