Crossword clues for erection
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Erection \E*rec"tion\, n. [L. erectio: cf. F. ['e]rection.]
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.
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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 State of being stretched to stiffness; tension.
Anything erected; a building of any kind.
(Physiol.) The state of a body part which, from having been soft, has become hard and swollen by the accumulation of blood in the erectile tissue; -- used especially of the penis; as, to get or have an erection.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "establishment; advancement," from Late Latin erectionem (nominative erectio), noun of action from past participle stem of erigere "to set up, erect" (see erect (adj.)). Meanings "the putting up" (of a building, etc.), "stiffening of the penis" (also sometimes of the turgidity and rigidity of the clitoris) are both from 1590s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The act of build or putting up or together of something; construction. File:Marquee,_Throope_Manor_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1491075.jpg 2 (context countable English) Anything erected or built. 3 (context uncountable physiology English) The physiological process by which erectile tissue, such as a penis or clitoris, becomes erect by being engorged with blood. 4 (context uncountable physiology of a penis or clitoris English) The state or quality of being erect from engorgement with blood.
WordNet
Wikipedia
An erection (clinically: penile erection or penile tumescence) is a physiological phenomenon in which the penis becomes firmer, engorged and enlarged. Penile erection is the result of a complex interaction of psychological, neural, vascular and endocrine factors, and is often associated with sexual arousal or sexual attraction, although erections can also be spontaneous. The shape, angle and direction of an erection varies considerably in humans.
Physiologically, erection is triggered by the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), causing nitric oxide (a vasodilator) levels to rise in the trabecular arteries and smooth muscle of the penis. The arteries dilate causing the corpora cavernosa of the penis (and to a lesser extent the corpora spongiosum) to fill with blood; simultaneously the ischiocavernosus and bulbospongiosus muscles compress the veins of the corpora cavernosa restricting the egress and circulation of this blood. Erection subsides when parasympathetic activity reduces to baseline.
As an autonomic nervous system response, an erection may result from a variety of stimuli, including sexual stimulation and sexual arousal, and is therefore not entirely under conscious control. Erections during sleep or upon waking up are known as nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT). Absence of nocturnal erection is commonly used to distinguish between physical and psychological causes of erectile dysfunction and impotence.
A penis which is partly, but not fully, erect is sometimes known as a semi-erection (clinically: partial tumescence); a penis which is not erect is typically referred to as being flaccid, or soft.
Erection is the physiological engorgement with blood of the tissue of a penis.
Erection also may refer to:
Physiology:
- Clitoral erection
- Nipple erection
- Piloerection, muscle-effected rising of hair
Other:
- Construction, erection of a building
Erection is a 1971 short film by John Lennon with music by Yoko Ono.
Usage examples of "erection".
He followed immediately after, covering her with his naked body, then immediately adjusted himself, side to side and up and down so that his chest hairs abraded her nipples and his erection rested between her legs.
His chest hair abraded her nipples, his erection pressed hard against her belly.
During one of the most glorious years of my life, in the period which is marked for me by the erection of the Pantheon, I had you elected, out of friendship for your family, to the sacred college of the Arval Brethren, over which the emperor presides, and which devoutly perpetuates our ancient Roman religious customs.
State legislation authorizing the erection of bridges and the operation of ferries across such streams.
The Vatican was the first Court which recognised the erection of Tuscany into the Kingdom of Etruria, and the formation of the Helvetic, Cisalpine, and Batavian Republics.
My breathing hitched as I hauled her close, rubbing her cushiony belly against my stiff erection.
They turned to face him as he neared, Van Deef displaying a fatuous grin above a wet erection.
Tea-houses are of all grades, from the three-storied erections, gay with flags and lanterns, in the great cities and at places of popular resort, down to the road-side tea-house, as represented in the engraving, with three or four lounges of dark-coloured wood under its eaves, usually occupied by naked coolies in all attitudes of easiness and repose.
He stared down at her, watching as her hands wrapped around his erection, her lips opening, her mouth enclosing the engorged, violently sensitive head of his cock.
In bridges so erected the straining action during erection must be studied, and material must be added to resist erecting stresses.
The great cantilever bridges have been erected in the same way, and they are specially adapted for erection by building out.
From that time onward, the poor guy experienced erectile disorder and was unable to get an erection in her presence.
The curious thing is that it hardly changes length more than an inch, perhaps an inch and a half, between softest flaccidity and hardest erection.
Fourthly, he can directly prevent the erection of that member which is adapted to fructification, just as he can prevent local motion.
Asking how long were her nipples, I began to be a gomer with an erection.