noun
a vertical structural member as a post or stake
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- the ball sailed between the uprights
noun
a piano with a vertical sounding board
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upright piano
adjective
in a vertical position
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unsloped
Examples
- not sloping
- an upright post
adjective
of moral excellence
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- a genuinely good person
- a just cause
- an upright and respectable man
adjective
upright in position or posture
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- 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