The Clue
Put up, as a building (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ERECT
Tags
Notes
The answer ERECT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
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Construct
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Posture-perfect
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Set up
Straight up
Way to stand
Like Homo habilis
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"Sweeney ___": T. S. Eliot
Definition
ERECT as a verb:
1. (raise, erect, rear, set up, put up) = construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
2. (rear, erect) = cause to rise up
ERECT as an adjective:
1. (erect, vertical, upright) = 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"
2. (tumid, erect) = of sexual organs; stiff and rigid