Upright
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up·right 
[uhp-rahyt, uhp-rahyt] Pronunciation Key
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[uhp-rahyt, uhp-rahyt] Pronunciation Key –adjective
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–verb (used with object)
| 1. | erect or vertical, as in position or posture. |
| 2. | raised or directed vertically or upward. |
| 3. | adhering to rectitude; righteous, honest, or just: an upright person. |
| 4. | being in accord with what is right: upright dealings. |
| 5. | the state of being upright or vertical. |
| 6. | something standing erect or vertical, as a piece of timber. |
| 7. | an upright piano. |
| 8. | Usually, uprights. Chiefly Football. the goalposts. |
| 9. | in an upright position or direction; vertically. |
| 10. | to make upright. |
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uprightly, adverb
uprightness, noun
—Synonyms 1. plumb. Upright, erect, vertical, perpendicular imply that something is in the posture of being straight upward, not leaning. That which is upright is in a position corresponding to that of a person standing up: a decaying tree no longer standing upright; an upright piano. Erect emphasizes the straightness of position or posture: proud and erect; A flagpole stands erect. Vertical suggests upward direction, esp. along the shortest line from the earth to a level above it: the vertical edge of a door; ornamented by vertical lines. Perpendicular, a term frequently interchangeable with vertical, is used esp. in mathematics: the perpendicular side of a right triangle; to erect a perpendicular line from the base of a figure. 3. honorable. 6. pole, prop, pier, pile, column.
—Antonyms 1. leaning, horizontal.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| up·right
(ŭp'rīt') Pronunciation Key
adj.
adv. Vertically: walk upright. n.
tr.v. up·right·ed, up·right·ing, up·rights To restore to an upright position: The tow truck uprighted the overturned tractor trailer. up'right'ly adv., up'right'ness n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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upright
O.E. upriht, from up "up" + riht "right." Similar compounds are found in other Gmc. languages (cf. O.Fris. upriucht, M.Du. oprecht, O.H.G. ufreht, Ger. aufrecht, O.N. uprettr). Fig. sense of "good, honest" is first attested 1530. The noun in the sense of "something standing erect" is from 1742.
"THREE-PENNY UPRIGHT. A retailer of love, who, for the sum mentioned, dispenses her favours standing against a wall." ["Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 1811]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| upright | |
adjective | |
| 1. | in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post" |
| 2. | of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man" [syn: good] |
| 3. | upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright" [syn: erect] [ant: unerect] |
noun | |
| 1. | a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights" |
| 2. | a piano with a vertical sounding board |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Upright
Up"right`\, a. (Golf) Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
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Up"right`\, n. (Basketwork) A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full upright shave.
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Up"right`\, a. [AS. upright, uppriht. See Up, and Right, a.]1. In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree. With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. --Dryden. All have their ears upright. --Spenser. 2. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways. And that man [Job] was perfect and upright. --Job i. 1. 3. Conformable to moral rectitude. Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure. --J. M. Mason. 4. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. [Obs.] " He lay upright." --Chaucer. Upright drill (Mach.), a drilling machine having the spindle vertical. Note: This word and its derivatives are usually pronounced in prose with the accent on the first syllable. But they are frequently pronounced with the accent on the second in poetry, and the accent on either syllable is admissible.
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Up"right`\, n. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.
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