erect
/ɪˈɹɛkt/
erect adjective: upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
Adjective
erect (comparative more erect, superlative most erect)
- Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
- Among the Greek colonies and churches of Asia, Philadelphia is still erect—a column in a scene of ruins.1788, Edward Gibbon, chapter LXIV, in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, volume VI, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC
- Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly, especially as the result of stimulation.
- The penis should be fully erect before commencing copulation.
- erect nipples
- Having an erect penis or clitoris.
- OK, baby, I'm erect now. Let's get it on!
- Bold; confident; free from depression; undismayed.
- But who is he, by years / Bowed, but erect in heart?1827, [John Keble], The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays throughout the Year, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [B]y W. Baxter, for J....
- Directed upward; raised; uplifted.
- His piercing Eyes, erect, appear to vievv / Superior VVorlds, and look all Nature thro'.1715, [Alexander] Pope, The Temple of Fame: A Vision, London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC, page 23
- Watchful; alert.
- vigilant and erect attention of mind[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
- Elevated, as the tips of wings, heads of serpents, etc.
Verb
erect (third-person singular simple present erects, present participle erecting, simple past and past participle erected)
- To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts.
- to erect a house or a fort
- To cause to stand up or out.
- To raise and place in an upright or perpendicular position; to set upright; to raise.
- to erect a pole, a flagstaff, a monument, etc.
- To lift up; to elevate; to exalt; to magnify.
- that didst his state above his hopes erect1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson...
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I, who am a party, am not to erect myself into a judge.
- To animate; to encourage; to cheer.
- It raiseth the dropping spirit, erecting it to a loving complaisance.a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
- To cast or draw up (a figure of the heavens, horoscope etc.).
- In 1581 Parliament made it a statutory felony to erect figures, cast nativities, or calculate by prophecy how long the Queen would live or who would succeed her.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 332
- To enter a state of physiological erection.
- On the 17th of July, the patient returned to the country, perfectly healed: the penis erected and he was capable of coition.1828, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 113
- On an adequate stimulus the penis erected, the testes were drawn up, and the dartos muscle slowly contracted.1917, Brain: A Journal of Neurology, page 292
- To set up as an assertion or consequence from premises, etc.
- from fallacious foundations, and misapprehended mediums, erecting conclusions no way inferrible from their premises1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC
- Malebranche erects this proposition.a. 1705, John Locke, “An Examination of P[ère] Malebranche’s Opinion of Seeing All Things in God”, in Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke: […], London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […]...
- To set up or establish; to found; to form; to institute.
- to erect a new commonwealth[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
- In 1686, he was appointed one of the Commissioners in the new ecclesiastical commission erected by King James, and was proud of that honour.1812, Arthur Collins & Sir Egerton Brydges, Peerage of England, F.C. and J. Rivington et al, page 330
erect meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
erect in Hindi
- erect
- खड़ा khaṛā
- to erect, set, stand
- रोपना ropnā
erect in Tamil
- அமை, செங்குத்தான, நிமிர்த்து, நிமிர்ந்த, நிறுத்து, நிறுவு
erect in Marathi
- erect, stiff
- ताठ tāṭh
erect in Urdu
- چاق, کھڑا, قائم, کھڑا کرنا, نصب کرنا, قائم کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- erect in Bengali
- খাড়া khaṛa
- erect in Malayalam
- നേരേ നില്ക്കുന്ന, ധീരതയുള്ള, എഴുന്നുനില്ക്കുന്ന
- erect in Kannada
- ನಿರ್ಮಿಸು, ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸು, ನೆಟ್ಟಗೆ ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸು, ನಿಗುರಿಸು
- erect in Punjabi
- ਤਾਣਨਾ tāṇnā
- erect in Gujarati
- ટટાર ṭaṭār
- erect in Odia
- ତୋଳିବା toḷibā
- erect in Sanskrit
- ऊर्ध्व ūrdhva
- erect in Sinhala
- කෙලින් kelin
- erect in Assamese
- থিয় কৰা thio kora, থিয় হোৱা thi hüa
Examples of erect in a sentence
- His black dick erected with a long bend.2008 September 15, Naval Ahmed, Blue Moon On Bandideau, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 234:
- When the penis erects, blood pours into what erectile tissue there is and enlarges the penis somewhat, but by making it turgid, the S-shaped bend is straightened out and the penis extends.2012 July 12, Tim Glover, Mating Males: An Evolutionary Perspective on Mammalian Reproduction, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 126:
Synonyms of erect
Antonyms
Forms of erect
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more erect |
| superlative | most erect |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | erects |
| present participle | erecting |
| past participle | erected |
| past | erected |
Origin of erect
From Middle English erect, a borrowing from Latin ērectus (“upright”), past participle of ērigō (“raise, set up”), from ē- (“out”) + regō (“to direct, keep straight, guide”).
From Middle English erecten, from the adjective (see above).
Words formed from erect
Words that rhyme with erect
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- deflect
- dissect
- expect
- redirect
- suspect
- correct
- defect
- disconnect
- infect
- inflect
- neglect
- resurrect
- unchecked
- abject
- bisect
- deject
- deselect
- genuflect
- incorrect
- inspect
- interject
- introspect
- object
- sect
- wrecked
- conject
- convect
- decked
- detect
- elect
- intersect
- necked
- perfect
- prospect
- protect
- recollect
- reconnect
- select
- subject
- trisect
- bandreject
- cathect
- cobra effect
- counterobject
- despect
- disinfect
- disject
- disrespect
Questions about erect
- What does erect mean?
- Erect means upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
- What is erect in Hindi?
- Erect in Hindi is खड़ा (khaṛā), रोपना (ropnā). See Erect meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use erect in a sentence?
- His black dick erected with a long bend.
- What part of speech is erect?
- Erect can be an adjective or a verb.
- How do you pronounce erect?
- Erect is pronounced /ɪˈɹɛkt/.
Words near erect in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: erect (page history and authors); खड़ा (Hindi) (page history and authors); erect (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ताठ (Marathi) (page history and authors); erect (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); erect (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); erect (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਤਾਣਨਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ટટાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ତୋଳିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); කෙලින් (Sinhala) (page history and authors); থিয় কৰা (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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