English Explanatory Dictionary

erect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
  2. Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.
  3. Having an erect penis or clitoris.
  4. Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
  5. Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
  6. Watchful; alert.
  7. Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
verb
  1. To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
  2. To cause to stand up or out.
  3. To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
  4. To spin up and align to vertical.
  5. To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
  6. To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
  7. To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
  8. To enter a state of physiological erection.
  9. To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
  10. To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈɹɛkt/ En-ca-erect.oga

Word forms

erect more erect most erect erects erecting erected

Etymology

From Middle English erect, a borrowing from Latin ērectus (“upright”), past participle of ērigō (“raise, set up”), from ē- (“out”) + regō (“to direct, keep straight, guide”).

Synonyms

hard stiff build

Antonyms

flaccid

Related words

erect-crested penguin erectile erection erigible

Derived words

erectly erectness erectogenic erectopatent erectophile inerect nonerect semierect suberect unerect erectable erecter erecting shop erective nonerecting piloerect preerected re-erect reerect unerected

Translations

Finnish: pystyttää Irish: cuir suas Spanish: erguir Spanish: enhestar
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