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Part of Speech: personal pronoun

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upright

Part of Speech: Noun

Results: 7

            1.                                           Designating                                                           a                                                         club                                                         in                                                         which                                                         the                                                         head                                                         is                                                         approximately                                                         at                                                           a                                                         right                                                         angle                                                         with                                                         the                                                         shaft.                                    

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

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

            4.                                             Conformable                                                         to                                                         moral                                                         rectitude.                                    

            5.                                             Stretched                                                         out                                                         face                                                         upward;                                                         flat                                                         on                                                         the                                                         back.                                    
Part of Speech: noun

            1.                                             A                                                         tool                                                         made                                                         from                                                           a                                                         flat                                                         strip                                                         of                                                           steel                                                         with                                                         chisel                                                           edges                                                         at                                                         both                                                           ends,                                                         bent                                                         into                                                         horseshoe,                                                         the                                                         opening                                                         between                                                         the                                                           cutting                                                           edges                                                         being                                                         adjustable,                                                         used                                                         for                                                         reducing                                                           splits                                                         to                                                           skeins.                                                         Called                                                         in                                                         full                                                           upright                                                         shave.                                    

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

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I dare not complain, but it is a great loss for me; I never met with a better head, or a more upright heart. - "The Project Gutenberg Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte", Bourrienne, Constant, and Stewarton.
Their legs are placed so far back that, when on shore, they stand almost upright. - "Old Jack", W.H.G. Kingston.
Grace paused, and a man rose upright at the further end of the hall. - "Lorimer of the Northwest", Harold Bindloss.

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