| upright | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. upright, vertical | a vertical structural member as a post or stake.; "the ball sailed between the uprights" |
| ~ pillar, column | (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure. |
| ~ goalpost | one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field. |
| ~ jamb | upright consisting of a vertical side member of a door or window frame. |
| ~ post | an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position.; "he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them" |
| ~ scantling, stud | an upright in house framing. |
| ~ scape, shaft | (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column. |
| ~ stile | an upright that is a member in a door or window frame. |
| ~ structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. upright, upright piano | a piano with a vertical sounding board. |
| ~ forte-piano, piano, pianoforte | a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds. |
| ~ spinet | a small and compactly built upright piano. |
| adj. | 3. unsloped, upright | in a vertical position; not sloping.; "an upright post" |
| ~ vertical, perpendicular | at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line.; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height" |
| adj. | 4. good, just, upright | of moral excellence.; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man" |
| ~ righteous | characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice.; "the...prayer of a righteous man availeth much" |
| adj. | 5. erect, upright, vertical | 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" |
| ~ erectile | capable of being raised to an upright position.; "erectile feathers" |
| ~ fastigiate | having clusters of erect branches (often appearing to form a single column). |
| ~ orthostatic | pertaining to an upright standing posture.; "orthostatic hypotension" |
| ~ passant | in walking position with right foreleg raised. |
| ~ rearing, rampant | rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile.; "a lion rampant" |
| ~ semi-climbing | of plants that are semi-climbers. |
| ~ semi-erect | of plants that are partly erect. |
| ~ semi-upright | of animals that are partly erect. |
| ~ standing | having a supporting base.; "a standing lamp" |
| ~ stand-up | requiring a standing position.; "a stand-up bar"; "a stand-up comic" |
| ~ statant | standing on four feet. |
| ~ unbowed, unbent, straight | erect in posture.; "sit straight"; "stood defiantly with unbowed back" |
| street | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. street | a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings.; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street" |
| ~ alley, alleyway, back street | a narrow street with walls on both sides. |
| ~ boulevard, avenue | a wide street or thoroughfare. |
| ~ cross street | a street intersecting a main street (usually at right angles) and continuing on both sides of it. |
| ~ local road, local street | a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering it. |
| ~ high street, main street | street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town. |
| ~ mews | street lined with buildings that were originally private stables but have been remodeled as dwellings.; "she lives in a Chelsea mews" |
| ~ pavement, paving | the paved surface of a thoroughfare. |
| ~ rue | (French) a street or road in France. |
| ~ side street | a street intersecting a main street and terminating there. |
| ~ thoroughfare | a public road from one place to another. |
| ~ fleet street | a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated. |
| ~ harley street | a street in central London where the consulting rooms of many physicians and surgeons are located. |
| ~ lombard street | a street in central London containing many of the major London banks. |
| ~ whitehall | a wide street in London stretching from Trafalgar Square to the Houses of Parliament; site of many government offices. |
| ~ strand | a street in west central London famous for its theaters and hotels. |
| ~ downing street | a street of Westminster in London.; "the Prime Minister lives at No. 10 Downing Street" |
| ~ pall mall | a fashionable street in London noted for its many private clubs. |
| ~ quai d'orsay | the street in Paris along the south bank of the Seine known for its governmental ministries. |
| ~ champs elysees | a major avenue in Paris famous for elegant shops and cafes. |
| ~ bowery | a street in Manhattan noted for cheap hotels frequented by homeless derelicts. |
| ~ broadway, great white way | a street in Manhattan that passes through Times Square; famous for its theaters. |
| ~ park ave., park avenue | a fashionable residential street in New York City. |
| ~ wall st., wall street | a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. street | the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel.; "be careful crossing the street" |
| ~ one-way street | a street on which vehicular traffic is allowed to move in only one direction. |
| ~ thoroughfare | a public road from one place to another. |
| ~ two-way street | a street on which vehicular traffic can move in either of two directions.; "you have to look both ways crossing a two-way street" |
| n. (state) | 3. street | the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction.; "she tried to keep her children off the street" |
| ~ concrete jungle | an area in a city with large modern buildings that is perceived as dangerous and unpleasant. |
| ~ environment | the totality of surrounding conditions.; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room" |
| n. (state) | 4. street | a situation offering opportunities.; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ chance, opportunity | a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance" |
| n. (group) | 5. street | people living or working on the same street.; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights" |
| ~ neighborhood, neighbourhood | people living near one another.; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush" |
Recent comments
5 weeks 2 days ago
9 weeks 3 days ago
10 weeks 6 days ago
26 weeks 1 day ago
26 weeks 1 day ago
26 weeks 1 day ago
26 weeks 6 days ago
31 weeks 14 hours ago
31 weeks 6 days ago
32 weeks 5 days ago