Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word ERECT

ERECT

Definitions of ERECT

Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
Watchful; alert.
To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
(of body parts) Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.
(of a person) Having an erect penis.
(obsolete) Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
(obsolete) Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
(heraldry) Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
(transitive) To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
(transitive) To cause to stand up or out.
(transitive) To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
(transitive) To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
(transitive, astrology) To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
(intransitive) To enter a state of physiological erection.
(transitive) To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
(transitive) To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.