Read the dictionary definition of erect. All definitions for this word.
1. construct, build, or erect
1. Raise a barn
2. cause to rise up
3. of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
4. upright in position or posture
1. an erect stature
2. erect flower stalks
3. for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression
4. a column still vertical amid the ruins
5. he sat bolt upright