erguer — meaning in English

English meaning

• erect adjective Standing straight up; upright rather than leaning or bent over.
• lift verb To raise something to a higher position.
• rear verb To bring up and care for a child or young animal until maturity.
• stand verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.

Senses

erguer is used for these senses in English:

• lift To try to raise something; to exert the strength for raising or bearing.
• raise up (transitive) To raise (put at a higher level)
• rear (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
• rear (transitive, literary) To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
• stand (intransitive, copulative) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
• stand up (transitive) To bring something up and set it into a standing position; to set something up.

erect — full definition

1. adjective Standing straight up; upright rather than leaning or bent over.
2. adjective Of a penis or clitoris: stiff and swollen with blood, as a result of sexual arousal.
3. verb To build or put up (a structure), typically by fitting the parts together.
4. verb To set something upright, or establish something such as an organization or system.

lift — full definition

1. verb To raise something to a higher position.
2. verb To remove or cancel a restriction, ban, or rule.
3. verb To steal something, especially casually or without much effort.
4. noun British English word for an elevator: a device for carrying people or goods between floors.
5. noun A free ride in someone else's vehicle.

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