erection
erection is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes. Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws up. Sidney 3. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
- 2.Anything erected; a building of any kind.
- 3.(Physiol.) The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- angle
- angles
- attollent
- azimuth
- bolt
- buoy
- capstan
- circle
- cliff
- cock
- convexity
- crane
- derrick
- drag
- drawn
- dredge
- dredger
- elevate
- elevated
- elevation
- elevator
- end
- endwise
- erect
- erectness
- escalator
- exalt
- exaltation
- feet
- fish
- full
- get
- give
- head
- heave
- height
- heighten
- hind
- his
- hoist
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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