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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

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pragmatical (adjective)
Of or concerning the theory of pragmatism.

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

assertion (noun)
A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary).

facelift (noun)
Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face. An incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised.

millet (noun)
Any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.

step to the fore (verb)
Make oneself visible. Take action.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.

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