English
erection
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ɪˈɹɛkʃən/
Noun

erection

  1. (uncountable) The act of building or putting up or together of something.
    Synonyms: building, construction
  2. (countable) Anything erected or built.
    Synonyms: building, construction
    The Empire State Building was once the world's tallest erection.
  3. (uncountable, physiology) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood.
    Synonyms: Thesaurus:erection
    • 1997, Alan Hyde, Bodies of Law, Princeton University Press (1997), ISBN 9781400822317, page 175 ↗:
      I think that the case also demonstrates some singular aspects of the penis as a narrator of tales, specifically the way in which the erection of a penis falls outside a man's conscious control and therefore threatens a carefully constructed master legal narrative in which bodily self-control graphically represents the self-government contemplated by a democratic legal society.
    • 2006, Lori Marso, Feminist Thinkers and the Demands of Femininity: The Lives and Work of Intellectual Women, Routledge (2006), ISBN 0415979269, unnumbered pages ↗ (quoting Simone Beauvoir):
      There are men who say they cannot bear to show themselves naked before women unless in a state of erection; and indeed through erection the flesh becomes activity, potency, […]
    • 2007, Edward J. Behrend-Martinez, Unfit for Marriage: Impotent Spouses on Trial in the Basque Region of Spain, 1650-1750, University of Nevada Press (2007), ISBN 9780874176995, page 14 ↗:
      A marriage was only consummated via erection, penetration, and insemination intra vas.
  4. (uncountable, physiology, of a penis or clitoris) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
    • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: Printed [by Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], OCLC 731622352 ↗:
      {...}} but our experienc'd matron very soon, by chafing it with her hands, brought it to swell to that size and erection I had before seen it up to.
    • 2008, Robert Crooks & Karla Baur, Our Sexuality, Thomson Wadsworth (2008), ISBN 9780495095545, page 163 ↗:
      Older men typically require longer periods of time to achieve erection and reach orgasm.
    • 2011, Alan L. Rubin, Diabetes for Dummies, Wiley Publishing, Inc. (2008), ISBN 9780470270868, page 104 ↗:
      A very rare complication is priapism, where the penis maintains its erection for many hours.
  5. (countable) A penis or clitoris that is erect.
    Synonyms: Thesaurus:erect penis
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    He placed his newspaper on his lap to hide his erection.
    • 2002, Marguerite Crump, No B.O.!: The Head-to-Toe Book of Hygiene for Preteens, Free Spirit Publishing (2005), ISBN 9781575427003, page 85 ↗:
      The surge of hormones during puberty means you might have lots of erections, even when you don't want them—like during school.
    • 2006, Abha Dawesar, That Summer in Paris, Anchor Books (2007), ISBN 9780307275455, page 259 ↗:
      Prem was sure everyone could see his erection through his pants, everyone but Maya, who he had been careful to keep to his side all the time
    • 2007, Ken Follett, World Without End, Dutton (2007), ISBN 9780525950073, page 244 ↗:
      He kissed her again, this time with a long, moist kiss that gave him an erection.
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