The Clue
Standing up (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ERECT
Tags
Notes
The answer ERECT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
Related Clues
Assemble
At attention
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Build
Construct
Elevate
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Standing
Uplift
Upright
Upstanding
Vertical
Be constructive?
Making a stand?
Put up
Set up
Straight up
Not on all fours
Not hunched over
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