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erect::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tumid |
Examples of erect
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For much of the 20th century, socialists have sought to erect a utopian society.
From the washingtontimes.com
Listeners donated more than $150,000 in cash and services to erect the monument.
From the thenewstribune.com
If your plant is erect with little need of staking, it's getting adequate light.
From the chron.com
To address those concerns, Bourassa said he would erect a fence and plant trees.
From the washingtonpost.com
Finally it removes the need for a chimney which would have been costly to erect.
From the sciencedaily.com
Since digging trenches was impossible, he resolved to erect breastworks instead.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In the center of the shield is the figure of an erect lion standing on a bridge.
From the en.wikipedia.org
If Hasek performs like that, they might erect a statue of him next to Joe Louis.
From the usatoday.com
However, it takes several years to get planning permission and erect a building.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Raise: construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
- 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"
- Rear: cause to rise up
- Tumid: of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
- (erecting) the act of building or putting up
- (erection) an erect penis
- Penile erection is a physiological phenomenon where the penis becomes enlarged and firm. Penile erection is the result of a complex interaction of psychological, neural, vascular and endocrine factors, and is usually, though not exclusively, associated with sexual arousal. ...
- To put up by the fitting together of materials or parts; To cause to stand up or out; Upright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards; Rigid, firm; standing out perpendicularly
- (Erection) A penile condition characterized by enlargement and filling of erectile tissue with blood.
