1. Adjective
In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
2. Adjective
Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
3. Adjective
Conformable to moral rectitude.
4. Adjective
Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
5. Noun
Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.
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