2syllables
upright
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Definitions ofupright
1noun
- Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- An upright piano.
- Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
1verb
- To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
1adjective
- Vertical; erect.
Example: "I was standing upright, waiting for my orders."
- Greater in height than breadth.
- Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
1adverb
- In or into an upright position
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