stand up [stand-uhp]
Main Entry:
cock [kok]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: aim up toward
Synonyms: erect, hump, perk up, pile, prick, raise, stack, stand erect, stand up, stick up
Notes: the male crab or lobster is a cock; the female, a hen
Main Entry: erect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: build; establish
Synonyms: assemble, bring about, cobble up, cock, compose, construct, create, effect, elevate, fabricate, fashion, fit together, forge, form, found, frame, fudge together, heighten, hoist, initiate, institute, join, knock together, lift, make, make up, manufacture, mount, organize, pitch, plant, prefabricate, produce, put together, put up, raise, rear, run up, set up, shape, stand, stand up, throw together, throw up, upraise, uprear
Antonyms: raze, topple
Main Entry: hold
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: continue, endure
Synonyms: apply, be in effect, be in force, be the case, be valid, exist, have bearing, hold good, hold true, last, operate, persevere, persist, remain, remain true, resist, stand up, stay, stay staunch, wear
Antonyms: cease, desert, halt, quit, stop
Main Entry: perpendicular
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: at right angles to
Synonyms: erect, horizontal, on end, plumb, sheer, stand-up, standing, steep, straight, straight-up, upright, vertical
Antonyms: horizontal, level
Main Entry: raise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lift; build from the ground
Synonyms: boost, bring up, construct, elevate, erect, establish, exalt, heave, hoist, hold up, lever, lift, lift up, mount, move up, place up, promote, pry, pull up, put on its end, put up, rear, run up, set up, set upright, shove, stand up, take up, throw up, upcast, upheave, uplift, upraise, uprear
Antonyms: demolish, destroy, drop, lower, raze
Main Entry: right
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: fair, just
Synonyms: appropriate, condign, conscientious, deserved, due, equitable, ethical, fitting, good, honest, honorable, justifiable, lawful, legal, legitimate, merited, moral, proper, requisite, righteous, rightful, scrupulous, stand-up, suitable, true, upright, virtuous
Antonyms: corrupt, immoral, inequitable, unfair, unjust, wrong
Main Entry: rise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get up; ascend
Synonyms: arise, arouse, aspire, awake, be erect, be located, be situated, blast off, bob up, climb, come up, get out of bed, get steeper, get to one's feet, go uphill, grow, have foundation, levitate, lift, mount, move up, pile out, push up, reach up, rise and shine, rise up, rocket, roll out, rouse, scale, sit up, slope upwards, soar, sprout, stand up, straighten up, surface, surge, surmount, sweep upward, tower, turn out, up*, upspring
Antonyms: descend, lower
Main Entry: survive
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: continue to live
Synonyms: be extant, be left, bear, carry on, carry through, come through, cut it, endure, exist, get on, get through, go all the way, go the limit, handle, hold out, keep, keep afloat, last, live, live down, live on, live out, live through, make a comeback, make the cut, outlast, outlive, outwear, persevere, persist, pull out of it, pull through, recover, remain, remain alive, revive, ride out, see through, stand up, subsist, suffer, sustain, tough it out, weather, withstand
Antonyms: cease, die
Main Entry: upright
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: straight-up
Synonyms: cocked, end on, end up, erect, on end, perpendicular, plumb, raised, sheer, stand-up, standing, steep, straight, upended, upstanding, upward, vertical
Antonyms: fallen, lying, prone
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