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upright

Short definition from Wiktionary

Adjective

  1. Vertical; erect.
  2. In its proper orientation; not overturned.
  3. Greater in height than breadth.
  4. Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
  5. Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Adverb

  1. In or into an upright position.

Noun

  1. Any vertical part of a structure.
  2. Any vertical part of a structure: A goal post.
  3. Any vertical part of a structure: A leg.
  4. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
  5. Short for upright piano
  6. Short for upright arcade game cabinet
  7. Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner.
  8. The tips of the antlers of a young deer.

Verb

  1. To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

Proper noun

  1. A surname.

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