upright
IPA: ʌprˈaɪt
noun
- Any vertical part of a structure.
- (sports) A goal post.
- (slang) A leg
- 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.
- (informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
- (obsolete, hunting, dialect, Britain) The tips of the antlers of a young deer.
- A surname.
- Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
verb
- (transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
adjective
- Vertical; erect
- In its proper orientation; not overturned.
- Greater in height than breadth.
- (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
adverb
- In or into an upright position.
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Examples of "upright" in Sentences
- The body is supine or upright.
- The tail is upright and the neck is arched.
- A Scout must be a model of moral uprightness.
- The bamboo is strong, upright, and dependable.
- As a man he was upright, vigorous and energetic.
- I was definitely the more virtuous and upright man.
- The upright riding position is gentle on the wrists.
- Help us to continue to walk upright and not with the lowly.
- It appears to stand majestically upright on the northwest horizon.
- By convention, if the magnification is positive, the image is upright.