Definition of upright

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Upright (a.) In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree..

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Poppet :: Poppet (n.) An upright support or guide fastened at the bottom only.
Indirect :: Indirect (a.) Not straightforward or upright; unfair; dishonest; tending to mislead or deceive.
Overset :: Overset (v. t.) To turn or tip (anything) over from an upright, or a proper, position so that it lies upon its side or bottom upwards; to upset; as, to overset a chair, a coach, a ship, or a building..
Integrity :: Integrity (n.) Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude..
Erect :: Erect (a.) Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To be at rest in an erect position; to be fixed in an upright or firm positio.
Pedestal :: Pedestal (n.) The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column..
Uprightly :: Uprightly (adv.) In an upright manner.
Perpendicular :: Perpendicular (a.) Exactly upright or vertical; pointing to the zenith; at right angles to the plane of the horizon; extending in a right line from any point toward the center of the earth.
Climb :: Climb (v. i.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface..
Stud :: Stud (n.) An upright scanting, esp. one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed..
Stack :: Stack (a.) Any single insulated and prominent structure, or upright pipe, which affords a conduit for smoke; as, the brick smokestack of a factory; the smokestack of a steam vessel..
Upset :: Upset (v. t.) To set up; to put upright.
Step :: Step (v. i.) In general, a framing in wood or iron which is intended to receive an upright shaft; specif., a block of wood, or a solid platform upon the keelson, supporting the heel of the mast..
Poppet :: Poppet (n.) One of certain upright timbers on the bilge ways, used to support a vessel in launching..
Stand :: Stand (v. i.) A small table; also, something on or in which anything may be laid, hung, or placed upright; as, a hat stand; an umbrella stand; a music stand..
Rise :: Rise (v.) To become erect; to assume an upright position; as, to rise from a chair or from a fall..
Bevel :: Bevel (a.) Hence: Morally distorted; not upright.
Uprighteously :: Uprighteously (adv.) In an upright or just manner.
Stalk :: Stalk (n.) One of the two upright pieces of a ladder.
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