Vertical vs. Upright

Verticaladjective

Standing, pointing, or moving straight up or down; along the direction of a plumb line; perpendicular to something horizontal.

Verticaladjective

In a two dimensional Cartesian co-ordinate system, describing the axis oriented normal (perpendicular, at right angles) to the horizontal axis.

Verticaladjective

(marketing) Of or pertaining to vertical markets.

Verticaladjective

(wine tasting) Involving different vintages of the same wine type from the same winery.

Verticalnoun

A vertex or zenith.

Verticalnoun

A vertical geometrical figure; a perpendicular.

Verticalnoun

An individual slat in a set of vertical blinds.

Verticalnoun

A vertical component of a structure.

Verticalnoun

(marketing) A vertical market.

Verticaladjective

Of or pertaining to the vertex; situated at the vertex, or highest point; directly overhead, or in the zenith; perpendicularly above one.

Verticaladjective

Perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb; as, a vertical line.

Verticalnoun

Vertical position; zenith.

Verticalnoun

A vertical line, plane, or circle.

Verticalnoun

something that is oriented vertically

Verticalnoun

a vertical structural member as a post or stake;

Verticaladjective

at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line;

Verticaladjective

upright in position or posture;

Uprightadjective

Vertical; erect.

Uprightadjective

Greater in height than breadth.

Uprightadjective

(figuratively) Of good morals; practicing ethical values.

Uprightadjective

(of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Uprightadverb

in or into an upright position

Uprightnoun

Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.

Uprightnoun

A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.

Uprightnoun

(informal) An upright piano.

Uprightnoun

Short for upright vacuum cleaner.

Uprightverb

(transitive) To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).

Uprightadjective

In an erect position or posture; perpendicular; vertical, or nearly vertical; pointing upward; as, an upright tree.

Uprightadjective

Morally erect; having rectitude; honest; just; as, a man upright in all his ways.

Uprightadjective

Conformable to moral rectitude.

Uprightadjective

Stretched out face upward; flat on the back.

Uprightadjective

Designating a club in which the head is approximately at a right angle with the shaft.

Uprightnoun

Something standing upright, as a piece of timber in a building. See Illust. of Frame.

Uprightnoun

A tool made from a flat strip of steel with chisel edges at both ends, bent into horseshoe, the opening between the cutting edges being adjustable, used for reducing splits to skeins. Called in full upright shave.

Uprightnoun

the vertical part of a goalpost, especially the part above the horizontal bar; as, a field goal directly between the uprights.

Uprightnoun

a vertical structural member as a post or stake;

Uprightnoun

a piano with a vertical sounding board

Uprightadjective

in a vertical position; not sloping;

Uprightadjective

of moral excellence;

Uprightadjective

erect in posture;

Uprightadjective

maintaining an erect position;

Uprightadjective

upright in position or posture;