Upright

/ˈʌpɹaɪt/

noun

  1. Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.

  2. A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

  3. An upright piano.

verb

  1. To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

adjective

  1. Vertical; erect.

    I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.

  2. Greater in height than breadth.

  3. Of good morals; practicing ethical values.

Synonyms: surrect

adverb

  1. In or into an upright position

upright

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