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UPRIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A piano with a vertical sounding board
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("upright" is a kind of...):
forte-piano; piano; pianoforte (a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "upright"):
spinet (a small and compactly built upright piano)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A vertical structural member as a post or stake
Example:
the ball sailed between the uprights
Synonyms:
upright; vertical
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("upright" is a kind of...):
structural member (support that is a constituent part of any structure or building)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "upright"):
column; pillar ((architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure)
jamb (upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame)
post (an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position)
scantling; stud (an upright in house framing)
scape; shaft ((architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column)
stile (an upright that is a member in a door or window frame)
Holonyms ("upright" is a part of...):
goalpost (one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a vertical position; not sloping
Example:
an upright post
Synonyms:
unsloped; upright
Classified under:
Similar:
perpendicular; vertical (at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line)
Derivation:
uprightness (position at right angles to the horizon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Upright in position or posture
Example:
he sat bolt upright
Synonyms:
erect; upright; vertical
Classified under:
Similar:
straight; unbent; unbowed (erect in posture)
statant (standing on four feet)
stand-up (requiring a standing position)
standing (having a supporting base)
semi-upright (of animals that are partly erect)
semi-erect (of plants that are partly erect)
semi-climbing (of plants that are semi-climbers)
rampant; rearing (rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile)
passant (in walking position with right foreleg raised)
orthostatic (pertaining to an upright standing posture)
fastigiate (having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column))
erectile (capable of being raised to an upright position)
Attribute:
attitude; position; posture (the arrangement of the body and its limbs)
Derivation:
uprightness (the property of being upright in posture)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of moral excellence
Example:
an upright and respectable man
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
righteous (characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice)
Derivation:
uprightness (righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest)
Context examples:
The maintenance of a stable, upright body position.
(Balance, NCI Thesaurus)
She withdrew herself from his arms, sat upright, and looked at him long and searchingly.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
For instance, a certain atomic gas, which fills much of the space between the stars, is represented by the upright bass.
(Does Our Galaxy Sound Like Funky Blues Music?, George Putic/VOA)
It was evident that up to lately there had been a large notice-board in front of the balcony; it had, however, been roughly torn away, the uprights which had supported it still remaining.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
And in that moment the sapling reared its slender length upright and the rabbit soared dancing in the air again.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
You have proved yourself upright and disinterested, prove yourself grateful and tender-hearted; and then you will be the perfect model of a woman which I have always believed you born for.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Not too strongly for the offence—but far, far too strongly to issue from any feeling softer than upright justice and clear-sighted goodwill.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Instead, all alone, sitting upright on the rug, and gazing with gravity at the blaze, I beheld a great black and white long-haired dog, just like the Gytrash of the lane.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
His Grace sat very stern and upright in his chair and looked stonily at my friend.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mrs. Ferrars was a little, thin woman, upright, even to formality, in her figure, and serious, even to sourness, in her aspect.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
