upright

[Up·right`]

Something that's upright stands straight up. When you sit upright, your back is straight and vertical. Even your grandmother would approve of your posture.

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In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

Noun
a piano with a vertical sounding board

Noun
a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights"

Adjective S.
in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post"

Adjective
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 S.
erect in posture; "behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back"

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Adjective S.
of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass

Adjective
maintaining an erect position; "standing timber"; "many buildings were still standing"

a.
In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

a.
Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.

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Conformable to moral rectitude.

a.
Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.

n.
Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.

Upright

Up"right` , a. [AS. upright, uppriht. See Up, and Right, a.] 1. In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.

All have their ears upright.

2. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.

And that man [Job] was perfect and upright.

3. Conformable to moral rectitude.

Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.

4. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. [Obs.] " He lay upright." Chaucer. Upright drill (Mach.), a drilling machine having the spindle vertical. &hand; This word and its derivatives are usually pronounced in prose with the accent on the first syllable. But they are frequently pronounced with the accent on the second in poetry, and the accent on either syllable is admissible.

Upright

Up"right`, n. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.

In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.

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Usage Examples

My dad was the district attorney of New Orleans for about 30 years. And when he opened his campaign headquarters back in the early '70s, when I was 5 years old, my mother wanted me to play the national anthem. And they got an upright piano on the back of a flatbed truck and I played it.

Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.

I have met with some of them - very honest fellows, who, with all their stupidity, had a kind of intelligence and an upright good sense, which cannot be the characteristics of fools.

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Other Usage Examples

I was half asleep lying there writing this lyric in my head at about 3:30 in the morning. I woke Steve up with this idea and then we went into the living room where there was a little upright piano and finished the song. I wonder where that piano is now?

Of course, the plea for respect for nonhuman life goes far beyond the scientific delight of familiarity with our planet mates. The nonhuman forms of life with which we 6,000 million talking, upright apes share this finite planet are directly or indirectly connected to our well-being.

Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it.