Know Your Next Word : erect

7. erect :

verb :

1. to build; construct; raise : to erect a house

2. to raise and set in an upright or vertical position : to erect a telegraph pole

3. to set up or establish, as an institution; found

4. Machinery : to assemble; make ready for use

5. to bring about; cause to come into existence : to erect barriers to progress



adjective :

6. upright in position or posture: to stand or sit erect

7. raised or directed upward : a dog with ears erect

8. Botany : vertical throughout; not spreading or declined : an erect stem : an erect leaf or ovule



Related Forms :

erectable : adjective

erectly : adverb

erectness : noun

erect a skyscraper

an erect lily stalk

Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall.

His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view Superior worlds, and look all nature through.

But who is he, by years Bowed, but erect in heart?

I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge.



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