1. In a vertical position; not sloping
   "an upright post"
   - unsloped 
2. Of moral excellence
   "an upright and respectable man"
   - good, just 
3. Upright in position or posture
   "he sat bolt upright"
   - erect, vertical

1. A vertical structural member as a post or stake
   "the ball sailed between the uprights"
   - vertical 
2. A piano with a vertical sounding board
   - upright piano

Derived forms: uprights

See also: attitude, erectile, fastigiate, orthostatic, passant, perpendicular, position, posture, rampant, rearing, righteous, semi-climbing, semi-erect, semi-upright, standing, stand-up, statant, straight, unbent, unbowed, uprightly, uprightness, vertical

Type of: forte-piano, piano, pianoforte, structural member

Part of: goalpost

Encyclopedia: Upright

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