Word Meanings - ERECT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached. (more info) 1. Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect. Two of far nobler shape,

Additional info about word: ERECT

Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached. (more info) 1. Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect. Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall. Milton. Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect -- a column of ruins. Gibbon. 2. Directed upward; raised; uplifted. His piercing eyes, erect, appear to view Superior worlds, and look all nature through. Pope. 3. Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed. But who is he, by years Bowed, but erect in heart Keble. 4. Watchful; alert. Vigilant and erect attention of mind. Hooker.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ERECT)

• Construct
• Compose
• build
• fabricate
• form
• erect
• invent
• frame
• Institute
• Found
• establish
• invest
• instal
• appoint
• induct
• ordain
• originate
• begin
• organize
• Lift
• Raise
• elevate
• upraise
• upheave
• exalt
• hoist
• elate
• heave
• advance
• promote
• heighten
• enhance
• awaken
• rouse
• excite
• call forth
• cultivate
• rear
• produce
• collect
• summon
• propagate
• Rear Raise
• breed
• discipline
• train
• educate
• instruct
• foster
• construct
• lift

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ERECT)

• Retard
• hinder
• withhold
• withdraw
• recall
• depress
• degrade
• suppress
• oppose
• retreat
• decrease

Related words: (words related to ERECT)

• BREATHE
  Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
• INVENTIVE
  Able and apt to invent; quick at contrivance; ready at expedients; as, an inventive head or genius. Dryden. -- In*vent"ive*ly, adv. -- In*vent"ive*ness, n.
• BREVIARY
  summary, abridgment, neut. noun fr. breviarius abridged, fr. brevis 1. An abridgment; a compend; an epitome; a brief account or summary. A book entitled the abridgment or breviary of those roots that are to be cut up or gathered. Holland. 2. A
• FORTHPUTING
  Bold; forward; aggressive.
• COLLECTIVENESS
  A state of union; mass.
• COLLECTEDLY
  Composedly; coolly.
• BREAKMAN
  See BRAKEMAN
• INVESTIGATION
  The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research; study; inquiry, esp. patient or thorough inquiry or examination; as, the investigations of the philosopher and the mathematician; the investigations of the judge,
• ROUSE
  To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
• BREAKABLE
  Capable of being broken.
• FOUNDATION
  The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution,
• BREADEN
  Made of bread.
• FOUNDER
  One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
• CONSTRUCT
  together, to construct; con- + struere to pile up, set in order. See 1. To put together the constituent parts of in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edlifice. 2. To devise; to invent; to set in order;
• BREECHCLOTH
  A cloth worn around the breech.
• INSTRUCTRESS
  A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.
• SUPPRESSOR
  One who suppresses.
• COLLECTIBLE
  Capable of being collected.
• RAISE
  To create or constitute; as, to raise a use that is, to create it. Burrill. To raise a blockade , to remove or break up a blockade, either by withdrawing the ships or forces employed in enforcing it, or by driving them away or dispersing them.
• BREADBASKET
  The stomach. S. Foote.
• UNDERBRED
  Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.
• MAKE AND BREAK
  Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
• CHICKEN-BREASTED
  Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• LIBRETTO
  A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music. The words themselves.
• UNFRAME
  To take apart, or destroy the frame of. Dryden.
• LAWBREAKER
  One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
• MANDELATE
  A salt of mandelic acid.
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• STRAINABLE
  1. Capable of being strained. 2. Violent in action. Holinshed.
• SABRE
  See SABER