Definition of upright

• a. - In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.
• a. - Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.
• a. - Conformable to moral rectitude.
• a. - Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.
• n. - Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.