[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["upright in position or posture:to stand or sit erect.Synonyms: vertical , standing", "raised or directed upward:a dog with ears erect.", "Botany.vertical throughout; not spreading or declined:an erect stem;an erect leaf or ovule.", "Heraldry.(of a charge) represented vertically, following the line of a pale:a sword erect.(of an or part of an ) represented upright:a boar's head erect.", "(of a charge) represented vertically, following the line of a pale:a sword erect.", "(of an or part of an ) represented upright:a boar's head erect.", "Optics.(of an image) having the same position as the object; not inverted."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to build; construct ; raise :to erect a house.Synonyms: upend , upraise , set up set up, put up put up", "to raise and set in an upright or vertical position:to erect a telegraph pole.", "to set up or establish, as an institution; found .", "to bring about; cause to come into existence:to erect barriers to progress.", "Geometry.to draw or construct (a line or figure) upon a given line, base, or the like.", "to form or create legally (usually followed byinto):to erect a territory into a state.", "Optics.to change (an inverted image) to the normal position.", "Machinery.to assemble; make ready for use."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to become erect; stand up or out."]}]