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erect English

Meaning erect meaning

What does erect mean?
Definitions in simple English

erect Adjective

— An erect object (usually the erectile tissue of a penis) is rigid because of sexual stimulation. His penis became erect when he saw a naked woman. — Something that is erect is upright or vertical. The building was erect.

erect Verb

— If you erect something, you put it upright. to erect a pole, house or monument The building was erected in 1983.

erect

— verb (= raise) construct, build, or erect Raise a barn — adjective (= 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 — adjective (= tumid) of sexual organs; stiff and rigid — verb (= rear) cause to rise up

Synonyms erect synonyms

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erect English » English

upright build set up raise construct put up straight establish vertical stand stand up found make stand rear plant standing form create make direct raise up perpendicular lift up lift install get up cause to stand straightforward stand upright pitch on end erection assemble arise unsloped tumid tall straight up steep standing up stand-up square set upright rise rectify produce lofty fix elevate correct

Topics erect topics

What do people use erect to talk about?
States Quality Shape Horizontal

Vertical
Person Body Internal organs

Male organs
Physical actions Posture

Straight posture
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Lift
Work and occupation

Working with buildings

Conjugation erect conjugation

How do you conjugate erect?

erect · verb

Examples erect examples

How do I use erect in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Ned held the flag erect.
Nobody intends to erect a wall.
Sandbags can be used to erect a temporary wall to protect against floods.
Mary's nipples became erect.

Movie subtitles

They might even erect a monument to us.
Plans were formulated to erect an impenetrable and absolute barrier.
While so many are in need of shelter effort is being wasted to erect a structural monstrosity known as the Enright House.
I wish to sign a contract to make you sole architect for all the future buildings I may erect.
Even if it means that man's millions of years of struggle up from the sea, the slime, to fight to breathe air, to stand erect, to think, to conquer nature, to be stopped cold by a doting father and a jealous suitor?
It may not stay. - They erect tents.
If you stood erect, you'd measure out as taller than you actually are.
They'll erect a monument to me!
Walk erect.
Mimi Kozakura This is not an erect, all-red neon body.
This is not an erect, all-red neon body.
And do your computers explain how my ancestors, who also dwelt in caverns, evolved sufficiently to erect Stratos, while the Troglytes did not?
TO PROFESSOR KASTNER. STRAIGHT IN YOUR SEAT ERECT, FIRM.
Zazen is a way of sitting cross-legged and with an erect back practicing the art of Zen.
No, no. I shall never be able to hold my head erect before my fellow man.
A lady always enters a room erect.
Put him in irons and issue orders to erect a gallows at once.
With a tyrant, it's better to live on your knees than stand erect and be killed.
They won't erect monuments for us.
We must lie. gallantly, with our heads erect.
You can't erect that tent here, ma'am.
Erect or bent?
Did he walk erect or not?
Serge, it's my duty to inform you that you will be tried before the Town Council in the open court which is now being erect.
Would you be good enough to stand erect and in a proper manner, please?
And we'll not only bury her but will also erect a stone.
We will definitely erect it.
In that being admitted king of England, and therein trusted with power to govern according to the laws, you did out of wickedness and design erect and uphold in yourself an unlimited and tyrannical power.
You learn how to remain seated, or supine, or erect.
IF I STAND VERY, VERY ERECT WITH A CERTAIN AIR OF DIGNITY YOU CAN'T TELL HOW THIN I AM, CAN YOU?
The first, and the original truly human form tiny, perhaps 4 feet high, completely furred chimp-like, but erect.
You want to erect a statue to a guy who's an enemy of the State?
Erect the antenna, lift the lock - just pretending to-fire!

News and current affairs

Rich countries like Germany can afford to pile more and more indirect taxes on business, and erect more and more obstacles to the efficient operation of business for a long time.
So the rich world will, in a knee-jerk response, erect ever-higher barriers to stem the human tide.
Western Europe chose to integrate within itself and to erect an extensive welfare state.
But when the temptations are not immediately present, we can erect barriers to them that make us less likely to succumb when they return.
Insufficient harmonization, however, has often allowed member states to erect barriers to competition, which can only be removed by consistent implementation of laws and standards.
Now, as governments erect barriers and reinstate border controls, the refugee crisis is disrupting flows of people and gumming up trade.
Failure will erect a huge obstacle to European economic growth for years to come, and could threaten the survival of the euro itself.
Why do governments erect barriers to international trade?
If buying dollars is not sufficient to stem the appreciation tide, regulators in emerging economies will erect an array of other barriers to keep money out.
Our Arab neighbors should never be trusted; hence, as Jabotinski preached, the new Israeli nation must erect an Iron Wall of Jewish power to deter its enemies forever.
The immediate task is to erect the necessary safeguards against contagion from a possible Greek default.
Morales' sympathizers threaten to erect roadblocks.
Nevertheless, Putin still considers it necessary to pose in front of television cameras every few months to report that Russian scientists have developed some new missile that can penetrate any anti-ballistic missile system that the US may erect.

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