DANCE

dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation

(noun) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

dance

(noun) an artistic form of nonverbal communication

dance

(noun) a party for social dancing

dance

(noun) a party of people assembled for dancing

dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe

(verb) move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; “My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio”

dance

(verb) move in a graceful and rhythmical way; “The young girl danced into the room”

dance

(verb) skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways; “Dancing flames”; “The children danced with joy”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

dance (countable and uncountable, plural dances)

A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.

A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.

(heraldiccharge) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.

A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.

(uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.

A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.

(figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.

Hyponyms

• See also dance

Verb

dance (third-person singular simple present dances, present participle dancing, simple past and past participle danced)

(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.

(intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.

(transitive) To perform the steps to.

(transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.

(figurative, euphemism) To make love or have sex.

Synonyms

• (move with rhythmic steps or movements): throw shapes

• (to engage in sexual intercourse): do the deed, get some, have sex; see also copulate

Anagrams

• Caden, Decan, acned, caned, decan

Proper noun

Dance (plural Dances)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dance is the 11073^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2869 individuals. Dance is most common among White (65.84%) and Black/African American (26.04%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Caden, Decan, acned, caned, decan

Source: Wiktionary

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Dance, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Danced; p. pr. & vb. n. Dancing.] Etym: [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans to draw; akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See Thin.]

1. To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhytmically. Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. Wiher. Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with your dauther Shak.

2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about. Then, 'tis time to dance off. Thackeray. More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. Shak. Shadows in the glassy waters dance. Byron. Where rivulets dance their wayward round. Wordsworth. To dance on a rope, or To dance on nothing, to be hanged.

Dance, v. t.

Definition: To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle. To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. Shak. Thy grandsire loved thee well; Many a time he danced thee on his knee. Shak. To dance attendance, to come and go obsequiously; to be or remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to please or gain favor. A man of his place, and so near our favor, To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure. Shak.

Dance, n. Etym: [F. danse, of German origin. See Dance, v. i.]

1. The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music.

2. (Mus.)

Definition: A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.

Note: The word dance was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing. Of remedies of love she knew parchance For of that art she couth the olde dance. Chaucer. Dance of Death (Art), an allegorical representation of the power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high, and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton.

– Morris dance. See Morris.

– To lead one a dance, to cause one to go through a series of movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a dance not understood.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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