adj.
Function: verb
1
Synonyms: BUILD 1, construct, put up, raise, rear, uprear
2
Synonyms: MAKE 3, build, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge, form, frame, manufacture, produce
Related Words: compose, create; make up, run up
Contrasted Words: demolish, destroy, tear up, unbuild, wreck
3 to fix in an upright position FF1C; erected a flagpole FF1E;
Synonyms: put up, raise, rear, set up; compare BUILD 1
Related Words: elevate, heighten, hoist, lift, upraise, uprear; upend
4
Synonyms: EXALT 1, aggrandize, dignify, distinguish, ennoble, glorify, honor, magnify, sublime, uprear
Idioms: put on a pedestal
Antonyms: abase
5 to bring into existence as if by raising a building FF1C; erect social barriers along religious lines FF1E;
Synonyms: build up, construct, establish, hammer (out), set up
Related Words: fabricate, fashion, forge, form, shape; bring about, effect
Contrasted Words: break down, tear down; liquidate, purge; dispose (of), eliminate, remove