Erect

Erect may refer to:

  • Erect (position), something having an essentially upright position or vertical habit
  • Erect, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Randolph County, United States
  • Erect chickweed (Moenchia erecta), a plant species
  • Erect clematis (Clematis recta), a plant species
  • Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri), a penguin species from New Zealand
  • erect image, an image that appears right-side up in optics
  • Erect prickly pear (Opuntia stricta), a sprawling shrub species
  • Erect the Youth Problem, the only album released by American punk trio Wives
  • Erect sundew (Drosera stricticaulis), a perennial tuberous carnivorous plant species

Famous quotes containing the word erect:

    “Let us erect in the Basin a lofty fountain.
    Suckled on ponds, the spirit craves a watery mountain.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “If with light head erect I sing,
    Though all the muses lend their force,
    From my poor love of anything,
    The verse is weak and shallow as its source.

    But if with bended neck I grope,
    Listening behind me for my wit,
    With faith superior to hope,
    More anxious to keep back than forward it,”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Go through the gates with closed eyes.
    Stand erect and let your black face front the west.”
    —Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)