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Verb: erect  i'rekt
  1. Construct, build, or erect
    - raise, rear, set up, put up
     
  2. Cause to rise up
    - rear
Adjective: erect  i'rekt
  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