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Meaning of upright

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  upright
      adj 1: in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post"
             [syn: {upright}, {unsloped}]
      2: of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just
         cause"; "an upright and respectable man" [syn: {good},
         {just}, {upright}]
      3: 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}, {upright}] [ant:
         {unerect}]
      n 1: a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball
           sailed between the uprights" [syn: {upright}, {vertical}]
      2: a piano with a vertical sounding board [syn: {upright},
         {upright piano}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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