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upright
English
Etymology
From Middle English upright, uppryght, upriht, from Old English upriht (“upright; erect”), from Proto-Germanic *upprehtaz, equivalent to up- +? right. Cognate with Saterland Frisian apgjucht (“upright”), West Frisian oprjocht (“upright”), Dutch oprecht (“upright”), German Low German uprecht (“upright”), German aufrecht (“upright”), Swedish upprätt (“upright”), Icelandic upprétt (“upright”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??p?a?t/
Adjective
upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)
- Vertical; erect.
- I was standing upright, waiting for my orders.
- 1608, William Shakespeare, The merry Deuill of Edmonton, introduction, lines 1–4
- Fab[ell]:?What meanes the tolling of this fatall chime, // O what a trembling horror ?trikes my hart! // My ?tiffned haire ?tands vpright on my head, // As doe the bri?tles of a porcupine.
- 1782, Fanny Burney, Cecilia; or, Memoirs of an Heiress, volume V, Book X, chapter X: “A Termination”, page 372
- Supported by pillows, ?he ?at almo?t upright.
- Greater in height than breadth.
- (figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:1:
- There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:1:
- (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
Synonyms
- (vertical, erect): surrect (obsolete, rare)
Derived terms
- upright bass, upright bassist
Translations
Adverb
upright (comparative more upright, superlative most upright)
- in or into an upright position
Translations
Noun
upright (plural uprights)
- Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- (informal) An upright piano.
- (informal) An upright arcade game cabinet.
- 2013, Jon Peddie, The History of Visual Magic in Computers (page 181)
- The video arcade machines are typically in stand up arcade cabinets, although some have been built as tables. The uprights have a monitor and controls in front and players insert coins or tokens into the machines to play the game.
- 2013, Jon Peddie, The History of Visual Magic in Computers (page 181)
- Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
Holonyms
- (word clued by successive letters): double acrostic, triple acrostic
Related terms
- upright piano
Translations
Verb
upright (third-person singular simple present uprights, present participle uprighting, simple past and past participle uprighted)
- (transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
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healthy
English
Etymology
From health +? -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?h?l.?i/
- Rhymes: -?l?i
Adjective
healthy (comparative healthier or more healthy, superlative healthiest or most healthy)
- Enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well.
- Antonym: unhealthy
- Conducive to health.
- Synonym: healthful
- Antonym: unhealthy
- Evincing health.
- (figuratively) Significant, hefty; beneficial.
Usage notes
When a clearer distinction is intended, healthy is used to describe the state of the object, and healthful describes its ability to impart health to the recipient. Vegetables in good condition are both healthy (i.e., not rotten or diseased) and healthful (i.e., they improve the eaters' health, compared to eating junk food). By contrast, a poisonous plant can be healthy, but it is not healthful to eat it.
Derived terms
Related terms
- heal
- healing
- whole
Translations
Further reading
- healthy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- healthy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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