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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