| ADJECTIVE | all | erect, vertical, upright | upright in position or posture |
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| all | erect, tumid | of sexual organs | |
| VERB | creation | erect, raise, rear, set up, put up | construct, build, or erect |
| motion | erect, rear | cause to rise up |
| Sounds | ihreh'kt | |
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| Rhymes | abject ... wrecked: 66 rhymes with ehkt... | |
| Meaning | upright in position or posture. | |
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| Synonyms | vertical, upright | |
| Attribute of | position, posture, attitude | The arrangement of the body and its limbs |
| Narrower | erectile | capable of being raised to an upright position |
| fastigiate | Having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column) | |
| orthostatic | pertaining to an upright standing posture | |
| passant | In walking position with right foreleg raised | |
| rampant, rearing | rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile | |
| semi-climbing | Of plants that are semi-climbers | |
| semi-erect | Of plants that are partly erect | |
| semi-upright | Of animals that are partly erect | |
| stand-up | requiring a standing position | |
| standing | Having a supporting base | |
| statant | Standing on four feet | |
| straight, unbent, unbowed | Erect in posture | |
| Opposite | unerect | not upright in position or posture |
| Spanish | erecto, vertical | |
| Catalan | erecte | |
| Nouns | erectness | the property of being upright in posture |
| erectness | position at right angles to the horizon | |
| Adverbs | erectly | in a straight-backed manner |
| Meaning | Of sexual organs; stiff and rigid. | |
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| Synonym | tumid | |
| Category | physiology | The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
| Broader | hard | Resisting weight or pressure |
| Spanish | erecto, túmido | |
| Meaning | Construct, build, or erect. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | raise, rear, set up, put up | |
| Category | construction, building | The act of constructing something |
| Broader | construct, build, make | make by combining materials and parts |
| Opposite | level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down | tear down so as to make flat with the ground |
| Spanish | alzar, construir, edificar, erigir, levantar | |
| Catalan | aixecar, alçar, construir, erigir | |
| Nouns | erecting, erection | the act of building or putting up |
| erection | a structure that has been erected | |
| Meaning | Cause to rise up. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | rear | |
| Narrower | pitch, set up | Erect and fasten |
| prick up, prick, cock up | Raise | |
| Broader | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up | Raise from a lower to a higher position |
| Spanish | erguir, erigir, levantar | |
| Nouns | erection | the act of building or putting up |
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