Erect may refer to:
- Erect (position), something having an essentially upright position or vertical habit
- Erect, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in Randolph County, United States
- Erect chickweed (Moenchia erecta), a plant species
- Erect clematis (Clematis recta), a plant species
- Erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri), a penguin species from New Zealand
- erect image, an image that appears right-side up in optics
- Erect prickly pear (Opuntia stricta), a sprawling shrub species
- Erect the Youth Problem, the only album released by American punk trio Wives
- Erect sundew (Drosera stricticaulis), a perennial tuberous carnivorous plant species
Famous quotes containing the word erect:
“New York, you are an Egypt! But an Egypt turned inside out. For she erected pyramids of slavery to death, and you erect pyramids of democracy with the vertical organ-pipes of your skyscrapers all meeting at the point of infinity of liberty!”
—Salvador Dali (1904–1989)
“If with light head erect I sing,
Though all the muses lend their force,
From my poor love of anything,
The verse is weak and shallow as its source.
But if with bended neck I grope,
Listening behind me for my wit,
With faith superior to hope,
More anxious to keep back than forward it,”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Let us erect in the Basin a lofty fountain.
Suckled on ponds, the spirit craves a watery mountain.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)