erect in WordNet English dictionary

1. construct, build, or erect
   "Raise a barn"
   raise  erect  rear  set up  put up 
   
2. cause to rise up
   rear  erect 
   

1. upright in position or posture
   "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"
   erect  vertical  upright 
   
2. of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
   tumid  erect