ERECT

• (verb) construct, build, or erect

  "Raise a barn"

  synonyms : put up , raise , rear , set up

• (verb) cause to rise up

  synonyms : rear

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : upright , vertical

• (adj.) of sexual organs; stiff and rigid

  synonyms : tumid

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