upright

/หˆสŒpษนaษชt/

IPA: /AH0 P R AY1 T/

noun
  1. 1

    Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

    An upright piano.

  4. 4

    Short for upright vacuum cleaner.

verb
  1. 1

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

adjective
  1. 1

    Vertical; erect.

    โ€œI was standing upright, waiting for my orders.โ€

  2. 2

    Greater in height than breadth.

  3. 3

    Of good morals; practicing ethical values.

  4. 4

    (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Synonyms

adverb
  1. 1

    In or into an upright position

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/upright