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(satellite adjective) in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post" |
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Synonyms: unsloped |
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(noun) a piano with a vertical sounding board |
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Synonyms: upright piano |
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Related Words: forte-piano, piano, pianoforte, spinet |
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(noun) a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights" |
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Synonyms: vertical |
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Related Words: column, jamb, pillar, post, scantling, shaft, stile, structural member, stud |
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(adjective) maintaining an erect position; "standing timber"; "many buildings were still standing" |
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Synonyms: standing |
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(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" |
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Synonyms: erect, vertical |
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(satellite adjective) 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 |
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Synonyms: good, just, virtuous |
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(satellite adjective) 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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Synonyms: straight, unbent, unbowed |
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