upright

adj 1: in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post" [syn:

{unsloped}]

2: 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 [syn: {good},

{just}, {virtuous}]

3: erect in posture; "behind him sat old man Arthur; he was

straight with something angry in his attitude"; "stood

defiantly with unbowed back" [syn: {straight}, {unbent}, {unbowed}]

4: maintaining an erect position; "standing timber"; "many

buildings were still standing" [syn: {standing}] [ant: {falling}]

5: 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" [syn: {erect}, {vertical}] [ant: {unerect}]

n 1: a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball

sailed between the uprights" [syn: {vertical}]

2: a piano with a vertical sounding board [syn: {upright piano}]