What is the meaning of upright?

noun

  • A vertical structural member as a post or stake.
    • usage: "the ball sailed between the uprights"
  • A piano with a vertical sounding board.

adjective

  • In a vertical position; not sloping.
    • usage: "an upright post"
  • Of moral excellence.
    • usage: "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"
  • Upright in position or posture.
    • usage: "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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