1. erect - Adjective
2. erect - Verb
3. erect - Adjective Satellite
Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.
To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
To rise upright.
Source: Webster's dictionaryhe sat bolt upright Source: Internet
Raise a barn Source: Internet
an erect stature Source: Internet
erect flower stalks Source: Internet
for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression Source: Internet
a column still vertical amid the ruins Source: Internet