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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Upright \Up"right`\, a. [AS. upright, uppriht. See Up, and
     Right, a.]
     1. In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical,
        or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              All have their ears upright.          --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man
        upright in all his ways.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And that man [Job] was perfect and upright. --Job i.
                                                    1.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Conformable to moral rectitude.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.
                                                    --J. M. Mason.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. [Obs.] `` He
        lay upright.'' --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Golf) Designating a club in which the head is
        approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     Upright drill (Mach.), a drilling machine having the
        spindle vertical.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: This word and its derivatives are usually pronounced in
           prose with the accent on the first syllable. But they
           are frequently pronounced with the accent on the second
           in poetry, and the accent on either syllable is
           admissible.
           [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Upright \Up"right`\, n.
     1. Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a
        building. See Illust. of Frame.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Basketwork) A tool made from a flat strip of steel with
        chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the
        opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used
        for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full upright
        shave.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. (Football) the vertical part of a goalpost, especially the
        part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly
        between the uprights.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Upright \Up"right`\, a. (Golf)
     Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a
     right angle with the shaft.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Upright \Up"right`\, n. (Basketwork)
     A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at
     both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the
     cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to
     skeins. Called in full upright shave.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Upright \Up"right`\, a. [AS. upright, uppriht. See Up, and
     Right, a.]
     1. In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical,
        or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
  
              With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              All have their ears upright.          --Spenser.
  
     2. Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man
        upright in all his ways.
  
              And that man [Job] was perfect and upright. --Job i.
                                                    1.
  
     3. Conformable to moral rectitude.
  
              Conscience rewards upright conduct with pleasure.
                                                    --J. M. Mason.
  
     4. Stretched out face upward; flat on the back. [Obs.] `` He
        lay upright.'' --Chaucer.
  
     Upright drill (Mach.), a drilling machine having the
        spindle vertical.
  
     Note: This word and its derivatives are usually pronounced in
           prose with the accent on the first syllable. But they
           are frequently pronounced with the accent on the second
           in poetry, and the accent on either syllable is
           admissible.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Upright \Up"right`\, n.
     Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a
     building. See Illust. of Frame.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  upright
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 στητός, ευθυτενής
     2 μακρόστενος στο ύψος αντί του πλάτους (αναλογικά, συγκριτικά με το
  πλάτος)
     3 κιμπάρης, ευυπόληπτος, έντιμος, τίμιος, εντάξει

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  upright
     a.
     vertical; erect
     adv.
     In or into an upright position.
     n.
     Any vertical part of a structure.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that
  has fallen).

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Upright
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  upright
     a.
     vertical; erect
     adv.
     In or into an upright position.
     n.
     Any vertical part of a structure.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that
  has fallen).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Upright
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  upright
     a.
     vertical; erect
     adv.
     In or into an upright position.
     n.
     Any vertical part of a structure.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that
  has fallen).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Upright
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  upright
     a.
     vertical; erect
     adv.
     In or into an upright position.
     n.
     Any vertical part of a structure.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that
  has fallen).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Upright
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  upright
     Englanti a.
     pystysuora

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  upright
     Engelska a.
     1 upprätt, upprest
     2 rakryggad, rättskaffens
     Engelska adv.
     rakt upp
     Engelska n.
     1 stötta, pelare
     2 (tagg vardagligt språk=en) piano

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Upright /ˈʌpɹaɪt/
  عموديا

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  upright //ˈʌpɹaɪt// 
  1. прям, честен
  of good morals
  2. вертикален, изправен
  vertical; erect

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  upright //ˈʌpɹaɪt// 
  изправено, отвесно
  in or into an upright position

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  upright /ˈʌpɹaɪt/ 
  čestný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  upright /ˈʌpɹaɪt/ 
  svislý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  upright /ˈʌpɹaɪt/ 
  poctivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  upright /ˈʌpɹaɪt/ 
  vzpřímený