Noun
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a piano with a vertical sounding board
- upright piano -
a vertical structural member as a post or stake
"the ball sailed between the uprights"
Adjective
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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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of moral excellence
"a genuinely good person"
"a just cause"
"an upright and respectable man"
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in a vertical position
not sloping
"an upright post"
- unsloped