Definitions of erect [ɪˈrɛkt]

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Definition of 'erect'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) erect
upright and straight in position or posture:
to sit erect.

2.  erect
raised or directed upward or outward:
a dog with ears erect.

3.  erect
(of an organ or part) in a state of physiological erection.

4.  erect
(of a plant part) vertical throughout:
an erect stem.

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

6. (v.t.) erect
to build; construct; raise.

7.  erect
to raise and set in an upright or vertical position.

8.  erect
to set up or establish, as a system or an institution; found.

9.  erect
to bring about; cause to come into existence:
to erect barriers to progress.

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

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

12. (v.i.) erect
to become erect; stand up or out.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L ērēctus, ptp. of ērigere to raise, elevate)

Definition of 'erect'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) erect, vertical, upright
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"

2. (verb) tumid, erect
of sexual organs; stiff and rigid

3. (verb) raise, erect, rear, set up, put up
construct, build, or erect
"Raise a barn"

4. (verb) rear, erect
cause to rise up

Definition of 'erect'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) erect
sitting or standing up very straight
her erect posture

2. (verb) erect
to build a structure
The building was erected in 2000.

Definition of 'erect'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) erect
upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect

2. (adj) erect
directed upward; raised; uplifted

3. (adj) erect
bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed

4. (adj) erect
watchful; alert

5. (adj) erect
standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached

6. (adj) erect
elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc

7. (verb) erect
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

8. (verb) erect
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

9. (verb) erect
to lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify

10. (verb) erect
to animate; to encourage; to cheer

11. (verb) erect
to set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like

12. (verb) erect
to set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute

13. (verb) erect
to rise upright

Translation of 'erect'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: upright He held his head erect.
Afrikaans: regop	Arabic: مُنْتَصِب، قائِم	Bulgarian: изправен
Brazilian: ereto	Czech: vztyčený	German: aufrecht
Danish: ret; oprejst	Greek: όρθιος, στητός	Spanish: erecto, erguido
Estonian: püstine	Farsi: سیخ؛ راست	Finnish: pystyssä
French: droit	Hebrew: זָקוּף	Hindi: बनाना, खडा़ करना
Croatian: podignut, uzdignut	Hungarian: egyenes(enálló)	Indonesian: tegak, lurus
Icelandic: uppréttur	Italian: eretto	Japanese: まっすぐな
Korean: 수직의	Lithuanian: tiesus, stačias	Latvian: vertikāls; taisns
Malay: tegak	Dutch: rechtop	Norwegian: oppreist, stående, rank
Polish: podniesiony	Persian: سیخ؛ راست	Pashto: نېغ، لك، درېدلى، ولاړ
Portuguese: erecto	Romanian: drept	Russian: прямой
Slovak: vztýčený	Slovenian: pokonci	Serbian: uspravno
Swedish: upprätt, rak	Thai: ซึ่งตั้งตรง	Turkish: dik
Taiwanese: 直立的	Ukrainian: прямий, вертикальний	Urdu: سیدھا کھڑا ہوا ، عمودی
Vietnamese: thẳng đứng	Chinese: 坚立的
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