erect

Dik, dikey

Standing upright or vertical; rigid and straight.

• The dog stood with its ears erect, listening carefully.
• Keep your posture erect when sitting at a desk.
• The statue depicts a soldier standing erect with his rifle positioned firmly against his shoulder in a display of military discipline.
• Maintaining an erect spine during meditation helps practitioners breathe more deeply and sustain concentration for extended periods of practice.
• The gymnast held her body perfectly erect on the balance beam while executing a series of challenging turns and pivots.
• Researchers observed that the prairie dogs remained erect on their hind legs to scan the horizon for potential predators approaching the colony.

Eş anlamlılar: upright, vertical, straight, standing, perpendicular

Zıt anlamlılar: horizontal, prone, flat, bent, slouched

İnşa etmek, dikmek

To build or construct something, especially a building or structure.

• They plan to erect a monument in the city center.
• The workers erected scaffolding around the building.

Eş anlamlılar: build, construct, raise, assemble, establish

Zıt anlamlılar: demolish, dismantle, destroy, raze, tear down