adj. 25B6; adjective
she held her body erect : UPRIGHT, straight, vertical, perpendicular; standing.
an erect penis : ENGORGED, enlarged, swollen, tumescent; hard, stiff.
the dog's fur was erect : BRISTLING, standing on end, upright.
bent, flaccid, flat.
25B6; verb
the bridge was erected in 1973 : BUILD, construct, put up; assemble, put together, fabricate.
the party that erected the welfare state : ESTABLISH, form, set up, found, institute, initiate, create, organize.
demolish, dismantle, lower.