ERECTION

erecting, erection

(noun) the act of building or putting up

erection

(noun) a structure that has been erected

erection, hard-on

(noun) an erect penis

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

erection (countable and uncountable, plural erections)

(uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something.

Synonyms: building, construction

(countable) Anything erected or built.

Synonyms: building, construction

(uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.

Synonym: Thesaurus:erection

(uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.

(countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect.

Synonym: Thesaurus:erect penis

Hyponyms: priapism, permaboner, death erection, morning wood

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

E*rec"tion, n. Etym: [L. erectio: cf. F. érection.]

1. The act of erecting, or raising upright; the act of constructing, as a building or a wall, or of fitting together the parts of, as a machine; the act of founding or establishing, as a commonwealth or an office; also, the act of rousing to excitement or courage.

2. The state of being erected, lifted up, built, established, or founded; exaltation of feelings or purposes. Her peerless height my mind to high erection draws up. Sidney

3. State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.

4. Anything erected; a building of any kind.

5. (Physiol.)

Definition: The state of a part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition