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Erection - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Erection : (noun)
1: an erect penis [syn: hard-on]
2: a structure that has been erected
3: the act of building or putting up [syn: erecting]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Erection : \E*rec"tion\, n. [L. erectio: cf. F. ['e]rection.]
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.) The state of a part which, from having been
soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of
blood in the erectile tissue.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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