erect
adjective
[ ɪˈrɛkt ]
• rigidly upright or straight.
• "she stood erect with her arms by her sides"
Similar:
upright,
bolt upright,
straight,
vertical,
perpendicular,
plumb,
standing up,
rampant,
bristling,
standing up (on end),
erect
verb
• put together and set upright (a building, wall, or other structure).
• "the guest house was erected in the eighteenth century"
Similar:
build,
construct,
put up,
assemble,
put together,
fabricate,
form,
manufacture,
set up,
set upright,
fit together,
piece together,
pitch,
position,
fix in position,
place,
locate,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin erect- ‘set up’, from the verb erigere, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out’ + regere ‘to direct’.
