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Upright Definition

–adjective
1. erect or vertical, as in position or posture.
2. raised or directed vertically or upward.
3. adhering to rectitude; righteous, honest, or just: an upright person.
4. being in accord with what is right: upright dealings.
–noun
5. the state of being upright or vertical.
6. something standing erect or vertical, as a piece of timber.
7. an upright piano.
8. Usually, uprights. Chiefly Football. the goalposts.
–adverb
9. in an upright position or direction; vertically.
–verb (used with object)
10. to make upright.

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Grand Definition

–adjective
1. impressive in size, appearance, or general effect: grand mountain scenery.
2. stately, majestic, or dignified: In front of an audience her manner is grand and regal.
3. highly ambitious or idealistic: grand ideas for bettering the political situation.
4. magnificent or splendid: a grand palace.
5. noble or revered: a grand old man.
6. highest, or very high, in rank or official dignity: a grand potentate.
7. main or principal; chief: the grand ballroom.
8. of great importance, distinction, or pretension: a man used to entertaining grand personages.
9. complete or comprehensive: a grand total.
10. pretending to grandeur, as a result of minor success, good fortune, etc.; conceited: Jane is awfully grand since she got promoted.
11. first-rate; very good; splendid: to have a grand time; to feel grand.
12. Music. written on a large scale or for a large ensemble: a grand fugue.
–noun
13. grand piano.
14. Informal. an amount equal to a thousand dollars: The cops found most of the loot, but they're still missing about five grand.

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Piano Definition

–noun, plural -an⋅os.
a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.

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