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be erect

VERB
rise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
climb grow lift move up push up rocket soar surge
STRONG
arise arouse aspire awake levitate mount rouse scale sprout surface surmount tower up
WEAK
be located be situated blast off bob up come up get out of bed get steeper get to one's feet go uphill have foundation pile out reach up rise and shine rise up roll out sit up slope upwards stand up straighten up sweep upward turn out upspring
Antonyms
STRONGEST
descend
STRONG
calm drop fall lull sleep
WEAK
comply cooperate decline decrease give in go along lessen lower recede regress slump
VERB
stand
Synonyms
STRONGEST
erect locate place put rank rise set settle
STRONG
dispose mount poise position
WEAK
be on feet be vertical jump up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
depart disorder displace leave lose move remove
STRONG
drop fall
WEAK
lay lie refuse reject sit veto

Example Sentences

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So yeah, that femme performance is so defining of how to hold yourself, to be erect because matriarchs are the oaks of families.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024

In both cases, supposing the coralline to be erect, the capitulum is placed upwards, with its orifice towards the branch to which it is attached, and consequently with its carina outwards.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Stamens, as regards their direction, may be erect, turned inwards, outwards, or to one side.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

The rider’s body should be erect but pliable, neither obeying too much the action of the horse, nor yet resisting it.

From The Lady and Her Horse Being Hints Selected from Various Sources and Compiled into a System of Equitation by Jenkins, T. A.

She had placed a pillow behind her, so that her back might be erect; but her neck was fixed as that of one in a cataleptic trance.

From The Jewel of Seven Stars by Stoker, Bram