0 to build a building, wall, or other structure:
The soldiers had erected barricades to protect themselves.
1 to raise something to a vertical position:
They erected a marquee to accommodate 500 wedding guests.
5 in a straight vertical position, or standing up or out from a surface or body:
erect posture
The two were simply not compatible within the developmental paradigm erected by the colonial authorities and inherited by the new regime.
A handful of weatherboard houses had been erected here by 1851.
When they grew tired, they found thee still in that posture, erect, but dead.
It should allow workmen to live on the ground floors of houses whilst they erected the upper floors.
In these cases, there are neither harmonization incentives to avoid market segmentations, nor do national governments have the opportunity to erect exceptional trade barriers.
Her stable, warrior stance, extended limbs, and erect torso must convey her inner strength.
This ideotype emphasized inter alia moderate tillering and height, and long but thick and erect final three leaves displayed well above a drooping panicle.
Male bears fight by striking with their fore paws while standing erect on their hind legs.
