Clues for the word "ERECT"

We've had 171 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 976 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on April 18, 2025.

Definition of erect

a. - Upright, or having a vertical position; not inverted; not leaning or bent; not prone; as, to stand erect.
a. - Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
a. - Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
a. - Watchful; alert.
a. - Standing upright, with reference to the earth's surface, or to the surface to which it is attached.
a. - Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
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.
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.
v. t. - To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
v. t. - To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
v. t. - To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, or the like.
v. t. - To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
v. i. - To rise upright.