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Meaning of word erect from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

erect   adjective

Meaning : Upright in position or posture.

Example : 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.

Synonyms : upright, vertical

Not upright in position or posture.

unerect

Meaning : Of sexual organs. Stiff and rigid.

Synonyms : tumid

erect   verb

Meaning : Construct, build, or erect.

Example : Raise a barn.

Synonyms : put up, raise, rear, set up

Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.

The building was levelled.
dismantle, level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down

Meaning : Cause to rise up.

Synonyms : rear