upright (
http://definr.com/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]