upright in position or posture

to stand or sit erect.

raised or directed upward

a dog with ears erect.

Botany . vertical throughout; not spreading or declined

an erect stem; an erect leaf or ovule.

Heraldry .

(of a charge) represented palewise

a sword erect.

(of an animal or part of an animal) represented upright

a boar's head erect.

Optics . (of an image) having the same position as the object; not inverted.

to build; construct; raise

to erect a house.

to raise and set in an upright or vertical position

to erect a telegraph pole.

to set up or establish, as an institution; found.

to bring about; cause to come into existence

to erect barriers to progress.

Geometry . to draw or construct (a line or figure) upon a given line, base, or the like.

to form or create legally (usually fol. by into )

to erect a territory into a state.

Optics . to change (an inverted image) to the normal position.

Machinery . to assemble; make ready for use.

to become erect; stand up or out.

adjective

prone , prostrate , cringing , horizontal , inverted , oblique , recumbent

verb

raze , topple

adjective

arrect , cocked , elevated , erectile , firm , perpendicular , raised , rigid , standing , stiff , upright , upstanding , vertical , bold , orthostatic , right , straight , undaunted , undismayed

verb

assemble , bring about , cobble up , cock , compose , construct , create , effect , elevate , fabricate , fashion , fit together , forge , form , found , frame , fudge together , heighten , hoist , initiate , institute , join , knock together , lift , make , make up , manufacture , mount , organize , pitch , plant , prefabricate , produce , put together , put up , raise , rear , run up , set up , shape , stand , stand up , throw together , throw up , upraise , uprear , build , establish , exalt , perpendicular , rigid , standing , stiff , straight , upended , upright , vertical