Upright

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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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