Upright - Definition
upright
adj 1: in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post"
[syn: upright, unsloped]
2: of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just
cause"; "an upright and respectable man" [syn: good,
just, upright]
3: upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect
flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates
aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he
sat bolt upright" [syn: erect, vertical, upright] [ant:
unerect]
n 1: a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball
sailed between the uprights" [syn: upright, vertical]
2: a piano with a vertical sounding board [syn: upright,
upright piano]