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Definition of Place upright
1. Verb. Put into an upright position. "They place upright the bags on the table"; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"
Generic synonyms: Lay, Place, Pose, Position, Put, Set
Causes: Stand, Stand Up
Related verbs: Stand, Stand Up
Derivative terms: Stand, Standard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Place Upright
Literary usage of Place upright
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1909)
"So bind ye me in a hard bond, that I may abide unmoved in my place, upright in
the mast-stead, and from the mast let rope-ends be tied, and if I beseech and ..."
2. The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language ...: 1,000 by James Champlin Fernald, Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"To place upright. 2. To put up with; bear. II. г. 1. To rest erect; be or remain
upright. 2. To be in a particular condition. 3. To go; step; pass: usually ..."
3. The Odyssey of Homer by Homer (1909)
"So bind ye me in a hard bond, that I may abide unmoved in my place, upright in
the mast-stead, and from the mast let rope-ends be tied, and if I beseech and ..."
4. The Comprehensive Standard Dictionary of the English Language ...: 1,000 by James Champlin Fernald, Frank H. Vizetelly (1920)
"To place upright. 2. To put up with; bear. II. г. 1. To rest erect; be or remain
upright. 2. To be in a particular condition. 3. To go; step; pass: usually ..."
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