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upright |
Grep of noun upright upright upright piano uprightness Overview of noun upright The noun upright has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. upright, vertical -- (a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights") 2. upright, upright piano -- (a piano with a vertical sounding board) Overview of adj upright The adj upright has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (5) upright, unsloped -- (in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post") 2. (1) good, just upright, virtuous -- (of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass) 3. (1) straight, unbent, unbowed, upright -- (erect in posture; "behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back") 4. standing, upright -- (maintaining an erect position; "standing timber"; "many buildings were still standing") 5. erect, vertical, upright -- (upright in position or posture; "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") Antonyms of adj upright 5 senses of upright Sense 1 upright, unsloped INDIRECT (VIA horizontal, vertical) -> inclined INDIRECT (VIA vertical, inclined) -> horizontal Sense 2 good, just upright, virtuous INDIRECT (VIA righteous) -> unrighteous Sense 3 straight, unbent, unbowed, upright INDIRECT (VIA erect) -> unerect Sense 4 standing (vs. falling), upright Sense 5 erect (vs. unerect), vertical, upright Similarity of adj upright 5 senses of upright Sense 1 upright, unsloped => vertical (vs. inclined) (vs. horizontal), perpendicular Sense 2 good, just upright, virtuous => righteous (vs. unrighteous) Sense 3 straight, unbent, unbowed, upright => erect (vs. unerect), vertical, upright Sense 4 standing (vs. falling), upright Sense 5 erect (vs. unerect), vertical, upright => erectile => fastigiate => orthostatic => passant(predicate) => rampant(predicate), rearing => standing(postnominal) => stand-up => statant(predicate) => straight, unbent, unbowed, upright => straight-backed Attributes of adj upright 1 of 5 senses of upright Sense 5 erect (vs. unerect), vertical, upright => position, posture, attitude Familiarity of adj upright upright used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj upright upright Overview of noun upright The noun upright has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. upright, vertical -- (a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights") 2. upright, upright piano -- (a piano with a vertical sounding board) Overview of adj upright The adj upright has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (5) upright, unsloped -- (in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post") 2. (1) good, just upright, virtuous -- (of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass) 3. (1) straight, unbent, unbowed, upright -- (erect in posture; "behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back") 4. standing, upright -- (maintaining an erect position; "standing timber"; "many buildings were still standing") 5. erect, vertical, upright -- (upright in position or posture; "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")
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