Definition of erects in English

Part of speech

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Adjective erect, erecter, erectest
erect - 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"
		vertical, upright
		unerect not upright in position or posture
		erectile filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood; "erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile organ"
		fastigiate having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column)
		orthostatic pertaining to an upright standing posture; "orthostatic hypotension"
		passant in walking position with right foreleg raised
		rearing, rampant (of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth; "a rampant growth of weeds"
		semi-climbing of plants that are semi-climbers
		semi-erect of plants that are partly erect
		semi-upright of animals that are partly erect
		standing having a supporting base; "a standing lamp"
		stand-up requiring a standing position; "a stand-up bar"; "a stand-up comic"
		statant standing on four feet
erect - of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
		tumid
		hard dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before"
		physiology processes and functions of an organism

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erect (a.)
Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
erect (a.)
Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
erect (a.)
Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
erect (a.)
Watchful; alert.
erect (a.)
Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
erect (a.)
Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
erect (v. t.)
To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise; as, to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
erect (v. t.)
To raise, as a building; to build; to construct; as, to erect a house or a fort; to set up; to put together the component parts of, as of a machine.
erect (v. t.)
To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
erect (v. t.)
To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
erect (v. t.)
To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
erect (v. t.)
To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
erect (v. i.)
To rise upright.

erect
Being in a vertical, upright position.
erect
To make by combining materials and parts.
erect
To place in vertical or quasi-vertical position, stable by the sole combined effect of gravity and support(s) reaction.

erect
e-rekt′, v.t. to set upright: to raise: to build: to exalt: to establish.—adj. upright: directed upward.—adj. Erect′ed.—ns. Erect′er, Erect′or, one who, or that which, erects or raises: a muscle which assists in erecting a part or an organ: an attachment to a compound microscope for making the image erect instead of inverted.—adj. Erect′ile, that may be erected.—ns. Erectil′ity, quality of being erectile; Erec′tion, act of erecting: state of being erected: exaltation: anything erected: a building of any kind.—adj. Erect′ive, tending to erect.—adv. Erect′ly.—n. Erect′ness. [L. erectus, erigĕre, to set upright—e, out, regĕre, to direct.]