semi-upright
7.8
An animal that partly stands up with its body not fully straight
- adjective
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semi-erguido
- The animal adopted a semi-upright stance to look over the grass.
Examples
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Some dinosaurs were believed to walk in a semi-upright position.
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In this species, juveniles often move in a semi-upright manner.
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The cat is semi-upright.
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Look at that bird semi-upright on the fence!
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The animal adopted a semi-upright stance to look over the grass.
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Some dinosaurs were believed to walk in a semi-upright position.
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In this species, juveniles often move in a semi-upright manner.
Synonyms
7.4
Partly upright in plants, not fully standing or lying flat
refers to animals with a partly upright posture rather than plants
Antonyms
How Upright
Surface Forms
semi-upright positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word semi-upright has the prefix semi- meaning 'half' or 'partly' and the word upright meaning 'standing straight'. So a semi-upright animal is 'partly standing', not fully upright but not flat on the ground.