English English Dictionary

In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.

Conformable to moral rectitude.

Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.

Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.