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1. Construct, build, or erect
   - raise, rear, set up, put up
    
2. Cause to rise up
   - rear

1. Upright in position or posture
   "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"
   - vertical, upright
    
2. Of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
   - tumid

Derived forms: erects, erected, erecting

See also: attitude, erectile, erection, erectly, erectness, fastigiate, hard, orthostatic, passant, position, posture, rampant, rearing, semi-climbing, semi-erect, semi-upright, standing, stand-up, statant, straight, unbent, unbowed

Type of: bring up, build, construct, elevate, get up, lift, make, raise

Antonym: unerect

Encyclopedia: Erect