The Clue
"Sweeney ___": T. S. Eliot (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ERECT
Tags
Notes
The answer ERECT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
Related Clues
Build
Construct
Found
Rear
Standing
Upright
Upstanding
Be constructive?
Not hunched
Put up
Set up
Straight up
Having good posture
How we stand
Like Homo habilis
Like Homo sapiens
Not on all fours
Not at ease, perhaps
Not hunched over
T. S. Eliot's "Sweeney ___"
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