grand : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a small grand piano
  parlour grand; baby grand; parlor grand piano; baby grand piano; parlor grand.
  

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• noun a small grand piano
  parlour grand; baby grand; parlor grand piano; baby grand piano; parlor grand.
  

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• noun a grand piano suitable for concert performances
  concert piano.
  

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• a pianoforte action, used in grand pianos, in which special devices are employed to obtain perfect action of the hammer in striking and leaving the string.

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• an organized voluntary association of men who served in the Union army or navy during the civil war in the United States. The order has chapters, called Posts, throughout the country.

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• noun the major waterway in Venice, Italy
  
• noun an inland waterway 1000 miles long in eastern China; extends from Tianjin in the north to Hangzhou in the south
  

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• noun the enormous gorge of the Colorado River in northern Arizona
  

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• noun a national park in Arizona including the mile deep canyon of the Colorado River which shows geologic features and fossil plants and animals
  

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• noun a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon
  Arizona; AZ.
  

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• noun a gymnastic exercise performed on the horizontal bar by swinging around it with the body fully extended
  

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• the cordon or broad ribbon, identified with the highest grade in certain honorary orders; hence, a person who holds that grade.

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• . (a) The highest rank of knighthood in the Order of the Bath. (b) A knight grand cross.

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• (Eng. Law), certain days in the terms which are observed as holidays in the inns of court and chancery (Candlemas, Ascension, St. John Baptist's, and All Saints' Days); called also Dies non juridici.

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• noun a high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan
  

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• noun the wife of a grand duke or a woman holding that rank in her own right
  

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• . (a) The wife or widow of a grand duke . (b) A lady having the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right. (c) In Russia, a daughter of the Czar.

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• noun the domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess
  

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• noun a grand duchy (a constitutional monarchy) landlocked in northwestern Europe between France and Belgium and Germany; an international financial center
  Luxemburg; Luxembourg.
  

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• noun a prince who rules a territory
  

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• . (a) A sovereign duke, inferior in rank to a king; as, the Grand Duke of Tuscany. (b) In Russia, a son of the Czar. (c) (Zoöl.) The European great horned owl or eagle owl (Bubo maximas).

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• noun lofty fir of the Pacific coast of northwestern America having long curving branches and deep green leaves
  giant fir; lowland white fir; Abies grandis; lowland fir.
  

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• noun a play of a macabre or horrific nature
  

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• noun director of the court of Inquisition (especially in Spain and Portugal)
  

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• noun a town in south central Nebraska
  

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• a member of a grand jury.

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• noun a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments
  

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• (Law), a jury of not less than twelve men, and not more than twenty-three, whose duty it is, in private session, to examine into accusations against persons charged with crime, and if they see just cause, then to find bills of indictment against them, to be presented to the court; called also grand inquest.

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• a grand juror.

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• noun chief lama and once ruler of Tibet
  Dalai Lama.
  

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• noun larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
  grand larceny.
  

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• . (Law) See under Larceny.

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• the chief lodge, or governing body, among Freemasons and other secret orders.

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• noun epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking
  grand mal; generalized epilepsy; epilepsia major.
  
• noun a seizure during which the patient becomes unconscious and has convulsions over the entire body
  epilepsia major; generalized seizure.
  

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• noun epilepsy in which the attacks involve loss of consciousness and tonic spasms of the musculature followed by generalized jerking
  grand mal; generalized epilepsy; epilepsia major.
  

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• noun an orange-flavored French liqueur
  

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• . (a) The head of one of the military orders of knighthood, as the Templars, Hospitallers, etc. (b) The head of the order of Freemasons or of Good Templars, etc. (c) The highest rank for a chess player, awarded by a national or international organization of chess players as a result of winning games of chess against other ranked players in chess tournaments officially sanctioned by that chess organization, such as FIDE. By extension, (Figuratively) a person with the highest level of expertise in some field. Also "grandmaster".

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Grand" mer"cy

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1. See Gramercy. Obs.

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• noun the chief mufti of a district
  

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• noun an annual steeplechase run in Liverpool, England
  

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• noun opera in which all the text is sung
  

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• a glutton or gourmand. Obs. Holland.

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• . See under Pensionary.

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• noun a piano with the strings on a horizontal harp-shaped frame; usually supported by three legs
  grand.
  

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• (Mus.), a large piano, usually harp-shaped, in which the wires or strings are generally triplicated, increasing the power, and all the mechanism is introduced in the most effective manner, regardless of the size of the instrument.

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• noun one of several international races
  

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• noun a city in west central Michigan; noted for manufacturing furniture
  

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• (Sculp.), alto relievo.

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• noun a river in southern Michigan that flows northwest to empty into Lake Michigan
  

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• . See under Seignior.

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• noun winning all of the tricks in a hand of bridge
  

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• the principal stand, or erection for spectators, at a, race course, etc.

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• noun a mountain peak in northwestern Wyoming; the highest peak in the Teton Range (13,766 feet high)
  

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• noun a national park in Wyoming featuring mountains
  

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• noun larceny of property having a value greater than some amount (the amount varies by locale)
  grand larceny.
  

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• noun the sum of the sums of several groups of numbers
  

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• noun an extended cultural tour of Europe taken by wealthy young Englishmen (especially in the 18th century) as part of their education
  
• noun a sightseeing tour of a building or institution
  

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• noun the ruler of a Muslim country (especially of the former Ottoman Empire)
  sultan.
  

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• (Eccl.), a principal vicar; an ecclesiastical delegate in France.

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• . See under Vizier.

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Grand"-du"cal adjective

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1. Of or pertaining to a grand duke. H. James.

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• a piece of plate armor used in tournaments as an extra protection for the left shoulder and breast.

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• different classes of the Order of the Bath. See under Bath, and Companion.

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• noun a small grand piano
  parlour grand; baby grand; parlor grand piano; baby grand piano; parlor grand.
  

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• noun a small grand piano
  parlour grand; baby grand; parlor grand piano; baby grand piano; parlor grand.
  

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• noun a small grand piano
  parlour grand; baby grand; parlor grand piano; baby grand piano; parlor grand.
  

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• noun a small grand piano
  parlour grand; baby grand; parlor grand piano; baby grand piano; parlor grand.
  

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• noun an aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and England and Holland and other states (1689-1697)
  War of the League of Augsburg.
  

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