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Keywords: Posture, Sat, Piano, Drape, Vertical
In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
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Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
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the vertical part of a goalpost, especially the part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly between the uprights.
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A cabinet that the player plays while standing up. Upright cabinets are typically tall and boxy, and have a monitor that faces sideways or at an angle (as opposed to upwards). Sometimes a monitor is mounted facing upward, but has a mirror to give the illusion of a monitor facing sideways. This is usually done to give the illusion of greater depth or distance -- especially for light-gun games.
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Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
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Conformable to moral rectitude.
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of moral excellence; "a genuinely good person"; "a just cause"; "an upright and respectable man"; "the life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous"- Frederick Douglass
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Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.
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maintaining an erect position; "standing timber"; "many buildings were still standing"
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Standard diamond frame non-recumbent bicycle.
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