Word Meaning

Meaning of erect

- Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
- Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
- Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
- Watchful; alert.
- Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
- Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
- To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
- To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.
- To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
- To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
- To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
- To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
- To rise upright.

Crossword clue for erect

- Build
- Build straight up
- Construct
- Construct Crete in a new way
- Elect to change sides and become straight
- on two feet
- Put Up
- Put up in village rectory
- Put up or build
- Ramrod-straight
- Standing
- Straight back from last ceremony
- Upright
- Vertical