dance
IPA: dˈæns
noun
- 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.
- (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
- (uncountable) A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
- A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
- (figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
- (figurative, dated) Any strenuous or difficult movement, action, or task.
- (apiology) A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
- The death throes of a hanged person.
- (heraldry) 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 surname.
verb
- (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, euphemistic) To make love or have sex.
- (apiology, of a worker honey bee) To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
- (figurative, euphemistic) To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
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Examples of "dance" in Sentences
- The song is an ode to the pogo dance.
- They started to dance with the morris music.
- The dance is the only extant part of the music.
- Dances and songs once more resound in the camp.
- The evening was a glittering event of music and dance.
- At the onset, the dance is delicate and the music legato.
- The princess is miraculously resurrected by the music, and begins to dance.
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