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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
upright
adj 1: in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post"
[syn: upright, unsloped]
2: of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just
cause"; "an upright and respectable man" [syn: good,
just, upright]
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, vertical, upright] [ant:
unerect]
n 1: a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball
sailed between the uprights" [syn: upright, vertical]
2: a piano with a vertical sounding board [syn: upright,
upright piano]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Upright \Up"right`\, n.
1. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a
building. See Illust. of Frame.
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2. (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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. (Football) the vertical part of a goalpost, especially the
part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly
between the uprights.
[PJC]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Upright \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.
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With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
--Dryden.
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All have their ears upright. --Spenser.
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2. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man
upright in all his ways.
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And that man [Job] was perfect and upright. --Job i.
1.
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3. Conformable to moral rectitude.
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Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.
--J. M. Mason.
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4. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. [Obs.] " He
lay upright." --Chaucer.
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5. (Golf) Designating a club in which the head is
approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Upright drill (Mach.), a drilling machine having the
spindle vertical.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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Thesaurus Results for upright:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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