upright
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upright¹
- /ˈʌpɹaɪt/
Where it comes from
From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- + right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic uppréttur (“upright”).
adjective more upright · most upright · vpright
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Vertical; erect.
Fab[ell]: What meanes the tolling of this fatall chime, // O what a trembling horror ſtrikes my hart! // My ſtiffned haire ſtands vpright on my head, // As doe the briſtles of a porcupine.
Similar: orthograde, surrect
- 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. 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.
adverb more upright · most upright · vpright
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In or into an upright position.
I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.
Similar: standing
- On one's feet (as opposed to in a wheelchair). Amputee hockey is played upright.
noun uprights · vpright
- 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; […]
- A goal post. Chelsea improved, with Salomon Kalou denied by goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and Didier Drogba hitting the upright.
- The poles of a field goal post.
- A leg.
- A tentpole that holds aloft the center or sides of a tent. Coordinate term: ridge
- The state of being vertical or perpendicular. Can you fix that? It's out of upright.
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Characterized by being awake and out of bed.
Similar: up
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- Short for upright bass
- Short for upright bicycle
- Short for upright freezer
- Short for upright piano
- Short for upright arcade game cabinet The video arcade machines are typically in stand up arcade cabinets, although some have been built as tables. The uprights have a monitor and controls in front and players insert coins or tokens into the machines to play the game.
- Ellipsis of upright vacuum cleaner
- The tips of the antlers of a young deer.
verb uprights · uprighting · uprighted · vpright
- To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
Upright²
proper noun Uprights
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: standing, stand-up, virtuous, erect, straight, good, erectile, just, rearing, passant, righteous, vertical, unbowed, perpendicular, unsloped, unbent
Translations
Every language
adj vertical; erect
| Español | recto, erguido |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 筆直 /笔直 bǐzhí |
| Português | ereto, aprumado |
| Deutsch | aufrecht |
| Italiano | eretto, in verticale, dritto, in piedi |
| Русский | вертикальный vertikalʹnyj, прямо́й prjamój, отве́сный otvésnyj |
| עברית | זקוף, עומד oméd |
adj greater in height than breadth
| Deutsch | hochkant |
|---|
adj of good morals
| 中文 | 正直 zhèngzhí |
|---|---|
| Português | íntegro |
| Français | intègre |
| Deutsch | aufrecht |
| Italiano | integro, retto, onesto, virtuoso |
| Русский | че́стный čéstnyj |
| العربية | مُسْتَقِيم mustaqīm |
adv in or into an upright position
| Italiano | in piedi, in posizione verticale |
|---|---|
| Русский | вертика́льно vertikálʹno, пря́мо prjámo, стоймя stojmja, сто́я stója |
noun any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports
| Español | poste, montante |
|---|---|
| Français | montant |
| Русский | подпорка podporka, коло́нна kolónna, сто́йка stójka, сто́йка во́рот stójka vórot |
noun an upright piano
| Español | piano vertical |
|---|---|
| Русский | пиани́но pianíno |
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title = {upright},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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