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Meanings of put standing in English

To place in vertical or quasi-vertical position, stable by the sole combined effect of gravity and support(s) reaction.

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Examples for "erect"
Examples for "erect"
1
The scales smooth; praeanal pores none; pupil elliptical, erect; hinder limbs short.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Weste...
2
Nat held himself rigidly erect; he was doing without his cane today.
Ladder of years: a novel
3
The horizontal position favors the retention of semen; the erect its expulsion.
The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; A Study in Hygiene
4
Countries now have better reason to erect gates around their financial systems.
Reuters
5
Keep the thumb erect; raise the first finger of the left hand.
Object Lessons on the Human Body / A Transcript of Lessons Given...