upright
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Vertical; erect.
- In its proper orientation; not overturned.
- Greater in height than breadth.
- Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
Adverb
- In or into an upright position.
Noun
- Any vertical part of a structure.
- Any vertical part of a structure: A goal post.
- Any vertical part of a structure: A leg.
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- Short for upright piano
- Short for upright arcade game cabinet
- Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner.
- The tips of the antlers of a young deer.
Verb
- To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
Proper noun
- A surname.
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