a vertical structural member as a post or stake; "the ball sailed between the uprights"
a piano with a vertical sounding board
in a vertical position; not sloping; "an upright post"
of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"
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"