upright

Vertical; erect.

• Supported by pillows, ſhe ſat almoſt upright.

In its proper orientation; not overturned.

• My brother didn't get angry when his son knocked over the lamp; he simply called the boy over and helped him set it upright again.

Greater in height than breadth.

Of good morals; reliable and trustworthy; practicing ethical values.figuratively

• There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Having a head at approximately a right angle with the shaft.

Characterized by a style of running with the head and shoulders held high.

• He's an upright runner.

In or into an upright position.

• I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.

On one's feet (as opposed to in a wheelchair).

• Amputee hockey is played upright.

Any vertical part of a structure, especially a part that provides support.

• On the change in architectural forms from the pyramidal to the obeliscar, the fires were transferred from the altars, or cubes, to the summits of the typical uprights, or towers; […]

Any vertical part of a structure, especially a part that provides support.; A goal post.

• Chelsea improved, with Salomon Kalou denied by goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and Didier Drogba hitting the upright.

Any vertical part of a structure, especially a part that provides support.; The poles of a field goal post.

Any vertical part of a structure, especially a part that provides support.; A leg.slang

Any vertical part of a structure, especially a part that provides support.; A tentpole that holds aloft the center or sides of a tent.

• Coordinate term: ridge

Something characterized by verticality.; The state of being vertical or perpendicular.

• Can you fix that? It's out of upright.

Something characterized by verticality.; Characterized by being awake and out of bed.informal

Something characterized by verticality.; A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

Something characterized by verticality.; Short for upright bassabbreviationalt-ofinformal

Something characterized by verticality.; Short for upright bicycleabbreviationalt-ofinformal

To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).transitive