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dance
(dăns)v. danced, danc·ing, danc·es
v.intr.
1. To move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures.
2. Zoology To perform a specialized set of movements to communicate chiefly with other members of the same species.
3.
a. To move or leap about excitedly.
b. To bob up and down or move about rapidly: The leaves danced in the wind.
c. To appear to flash or twinkle: eyes that danced with merriment.
4. Informal To speak or behave in an evasive or vacillating manner: danced around the issue.
v.tr.
1. To engage in or perform (a dance).
2. To lead (someone) in a dance.
3. To cause to move up and down quickly or lightly: danced the child on her knee.
n.
Idiom: 1.
a. A series of motions and steps, such as the waltz or tango, usually performed to music.
b. The act or an instance of dancing: May I have this dance?
c. The music composed or played for a certain kind of dance or for a particular dance.
d. The art of dancing: studied dance in college.
2. A party or gathering of people for dancing.
3. Zoology An act of communication by dancing: a peacock's courtship dance.
dance attendance on
To attend to or try to please (someone) with eagerness or obsequiousness.
[Middle English dauncen, from Old French danser, perhaps of Germanic origin.]
danc′er n.
danc′ing·ly adv.
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dance
(dɑːns)vb
1. (Dancing) (intr) to move the feet and body rhythmically, esp in time to music
2. (Dancing) (tr) to perform (a particular dance)
3. (intr) to skip or leap, as in joy, etc
4. to move or cause to move in a light rhythmic way
5. dance attendance on someone to attend someone solicitously or obsequiously
n
6. (Dancing) a series of rhythmic steps and movements, usually in time to music.
7. (Dancing) an act of dancing
8. (Dancing)
a. a social meeting arranged for dancing; ball
b. (as modifier): a dance hall.
9. (Music, other) a piece of music in the rhythm of a particular dance form, such as a waltz
10. (Pop Music) short for dance music2
11. (Zoology) dancelike movements made by some insects and birds, esp as part of a behaviour pattern
12. lead someone a dance informal Brit to cause someone continued worry and exasperation; play up
[C13: from Old French dancier]
ˈdanceable adj
ˈdancer n
ˈdancing n, adj
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dance
(dæns, dɑns)v. danced, danc•ing,
n. v.i.
1. to move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompaniment of music.
2. to leap, skip, etc., as from excitement or emotion; move nimbly or quickly.
3. to bob up and down: The toy sailboats danced on the pond.
v.t. 4. to perform or take part in (a dance).
5. to cause to dance: He danced her around the room.
6. to cause to be in a specified condition by dancing: She danced her way to stardom.
n. 7. a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usu. executed to music.
8. an act or round of dancing; set: May I have this dance?
9. the art of dancing: to study dance.
10. a social gathering or party for dancing; ball.
11. a piece of music suited in rhythm or style to a particular form of dancing.
12. a stylized pattern of movements performed by an animal, as a bird in a courtship display.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French da(u)ncer, Old French dancier, v. of uncertain orig.]
dance′a•ble, adj.
dance`a•bil′i•ty, n.
danc′er, n.
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dance
Past participle: danced
Gerund: dancing
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| Noun | 1. |  dance - an artistic form of nonverbal communicationart, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art" extension - the ability to raise the working leg high in the air; "the dancer was praised for her uncanny extension"; "good extension comes from a combination of training and native ability" choreography - the representation of dancing by symbols as music is represented by notes choreograph - compose a sequence of dance steps, often to music; "Balanchine choreographed many pieces to Stravinsky's music" hoof - dance in a professional capacity tap dance - perform a tap dance heel - perform with the heels; "heel that dance" |
| 2. | dance - a party of people assembled for dancing party - a group of people gathered together for pleasure; "she joined the party after dinner" ball - the people assembled at a lavish formal dance; "the ball was already emptying out before the fire alarm sounded" | |
| 3. |  dance - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to musicsidestep - a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing) diversion, recreation - an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" adagio - a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers break dance, break dancing - a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground; normally performed to the rhythm of rap music courante - a court dance of the 16th century; consisted of short advances and retreats nauch, nautch, nautch dance - an intricate traditional dance in India performed by professional dancing girls phrase - dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence saraband - a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time skank - a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees slam dance, slam dancing - a form of dancing in which dancers slam into one another; normally performed to punk rock hoofing, step dancing - dancing in which the steps are more important than gestures or postures toe dance, toe dancing - a dance performed on tiptoe choreography, stage dancing - a show involving artistic dancing pas de deux, duet - (ballet) a dance for two people (usually a ballerina and a danseur noble) pas de trois - (ballet) a dance for three people pas de quatre - (ballet) a dance for four people social dancing - dancing as part of a social occasion mambo - a Latin American dance similar in rhythm to the rumba tap - a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing) performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance busker - a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing), usually while asking for money jive - dance to jive music; dance the jive trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance - 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" clog - dance a clog dance tap dance - perform a tap dance belly dance - perform a belly dance heel - perform with the heels; "heel that dance" shimmy - dance a shimmy | |
| 4. | dance - a party for social dancing party - an occasion on which people can assemble for social interaction and entertainment; "he planned a party to celebrate Bastille Day" barn dance - a dance party featuring country dancing record hop, hop - an informal dance where popular music is played rave - a dance party that lasts all night and electronically synthesized music is played; "raves are very popular in Berlin" | |
| Verb | 1. | dance - move in a graceful and rhythmical way; "The young girl danced into the room" trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance - 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" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" glissade - perform a glissade, in ballet capriole - perform a capriole, in ballet |
| 2. |  dance - 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"dancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation - taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music jive - dance to jive music; dance the jive hoof - dance in a professional capacity clog - dance a clog dance tap dance - perform a tap dance belly dance - perform a belly dance heel - perform with the heels; "heel that dance" shimmy - dance a shimmy move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" dance - move in a graceful and rhythmical way; "The young girl danced into the room" bump - dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind" twist - do the twist waltz, waltz around - dance a waltz tapdance, tap - dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes; "Glover tapdances better than anybody" tango - dance a tango foxtrot - dance the foxtrot cakewalk - perform the cakewalk dance conga - dance the conga samba - dance the samba two-step - dance the two-step Charleston - dance the Charleston boogie - dance to boogie music cha-cha - dance the cha-cha disco - dance to disco music mambo - dance a mambo polka - dance a polka one-step - dance the one-step jig - dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions jitterbug - do the jitterbug folk dance - perform a folk-dance square dance - dance in formation quickstep - perform a quickstep kick - kick a leg up skank - dance the skank grind - dance by rotating the pelvis in an erotically suggestive way, often while in contact with one's partner such that the dancers' legs are interlaced | |
| 3. | dance - skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways; "Dancing flames"; "The children danced with joy" move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
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dance
verb
1. prance, rock, trip, swing, spin, hop, skip, sway, whirl, caper, jig, frolic, cavort, gambol, bob up and down, cut a rug (informal) They like to dance to the music on the radio.
noun
lead someone a merry dance run rings around, mess someone about, lead someone up the garden path The criminals led the police a merry dance.
Quotations
"Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself" [Havelock Ellis The Dance of Life]
"On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined;"
"No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet"
"To chase the glowing hours with flying feet" [Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage]
"No sober man dances, unless he happens to be mad" [Cicero Pro Murena]
"Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself" [Havelock Ellis The Dance of Life]
"On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined;"
"No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet"
"To chase the glowing hours with flying feet" [Lord Byron Childe Harold's Pilgrimage]
"No sober man dances, unless he happens to be mad" [Cicero Pro Murena]
Dance
Dances allemande, apache dance, ballroom dance, barn dance, beguine, belly dance, black bottom, body popping, bogle, bolero, boogaloo, boogie, bossa nova, boston, bourrée, branle, brawl, break dance, breakdown, buck and wing, bump, bunny hug, butterfly, cachucha, cakewalk, calypso, cancan, carioca, carmagnole, carol, cha-cha-cha or cha-cha, chaconne, charleston, clog dance, conga, contredanse or contradance, Cossack dance, cotillion, country dance, courante, czardas, Dashing White Sergeant, ecossaise, eightsome reel, excuse-me, fan dance, fandango, farandole, flamenco, folk dance, formation dance, foxtrot, galliard, galop, gavotte, Gay Gordons, german, ghost dance, gigue, gopak, habanera, hay or hey, Highland fling, hoedown, hokey cokey, hora, hornpipe, hula or hula-hula, hustle, jig, jitterbug, jive, jota, juba, kazachok, kolo, lambada, Lambeth walk, lancers, ländler, limbo, macarena, malagueña, mambo, maxixe, mazurka, merengue, minuet, Morisco or Moresco, morris dance, mosh, musette, nautch, old-time dance, one-step, palais glide, paso doble, passacaglia, Paul Jones, pavane, pogo, poi dance, polka, polonaise, pyrrhic, quadrille, quickstep, redowa, reel, rigadoon or rigaudon, ring-shout, robot dancing or robotics, ronggeng, round, round dance, roundelay or roundel, rumba, salsa, saltarello, samba, saraband, saunter, schottische, seguidilla, shake, shimmy, shuffle, siciliano, Sir Roger de Coverley, skank, snake dance, snowball, square dance, step dance, stomp, strathspey, strip the willow, sword dance, tambourin, tango, tap dance, tarantella, toe dance, twist, two-step, Tyrolienne, Virginia reel, vogueing, volta, waltz, war dance, Zapata
General dance steps and terms chassé, choreography, dosido, glide, grand chain, keep step, in step, out of step, pas, pas de basque, pas seul, phrase, pigeonwing, progressive, promenade, rhythm, routine, score, sequence, set, shuffle, slip step, steps, time
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dance
verb1. To move rhythmically to music, using patterns of steps or gestures:
Slang: hoof.
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Translations
حَفْلَه راقِصَهرقصرَقْصَةرَقْصَهيَرْقُص
tanectančittancovattanečnítaneční zábava
dansedansdanse-gyngebal
dancidanco
tanssitanssia
plesplesati
táncoltánctáncmulatság
dansdansadansleikur, ballhreyfa upp og niîur, hossa
ダンス踊るダンスする舞踊踊り
춤춤추다
šokdintišokėjasšokiaišokimasšokis
dejadejotdeju-deju vakarsucināt
hojdaťtancovaťtanectanečná zábava
plesplesati
dansdansa
เต้นรำการเต้นรำ
dansdans etmekdansetmekdansı yapmakhoplatmak
nhảy múasự nhảy múa
dance
[dɑːns]A. N
1. (= act) → baile m; (= art of dancing) → danza f, baile m
dance of death → danza f de la muerte
to lead sb a (merry) dance (Brit) → traer loco a algn
dance of death → danza f de la muerte
to lead sb a (merry) dance (Brit) → traer loco a algn
2. (= event) → baile m
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dance
[ˈdɑːns] n
vi → danser
to go dancing → aller danser
Let's go dancing! → Si on allait danser?
to dance with sb → danser avec qn
to dance to music → danser en écoutant de la musique
It's not music to dance to
BUT Ce n'est pas de la musique très dansante.
to dance to sb's tune (= do their bidding) → faire les quatre volontés de qn
to go dancing → aller danser
Let's go dancing! → Si on allait danser?
to dance with sb → danser avec qn
to dance to music → danser en écoutant de la musique
It's not music to dance to
BUT Ce n'est pas de la musique très dansante.
to dance to sb's tune (= do their bidding) → faire les quatre volontés de qn
vt [+ waltz, tango] → danser
The samba players danced off to Fort Park → Les joueurs de samba se rendirent à Fort Park en dansant.dance band n → orchestre mdance company n → compagnie f de dansedance floor n → piste f de dansedance hall n → salle f de baldance music n → dance music f
dance about
vi → se secouer dans tous les sensdance off
vi (= move away) → s'en aller joyeusementThe samba players danced off to Fort Park → Les joueurs de samba se rendirent à Fort Park en dansant.dance band n → orchestre mdance company n → compagnie f de dansedance floor n → piste f de dansedance hall n → salle f de baldance music n → dance music f
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dance
n
(= movement) → Tanz m; dance class → Tanzstunde f; the Dance of Death → der Totentanz; may I have the next dance? → darf ich um den nächsten Tanz bitten?; she’s led him a merry dance → sie hat ihn ja ganz schön an der Nase herumgeführt; (= caused a lot of trouble) → ihretwegen hat er sich (dat) → die Hacken abgelaufen
(= ball) → Tanz m, → Tanzabend m; public dance → öffentliche Tanzveranstaltung; end-of-term dance → Semesterball m; to give or hold a dance → einen Tanz(abend) veranstalten; (privately) → eine Tanzparty geben; to go to a dance → tanzen gehen, zum Tanzen gehen
vi
(= move here and there) to dance about → (herum)tänzeln; to dance up and down → auf- und abhüpfen; to dance for joy → einen Freudentanz aufführen
dance
in cpds → Tanz-;dance band
n → Tanzkapelle f
dance floor
n → Tanzboden m; (in restaurant) → Tanzfläche f
dance hall
n → Tanzsaal m
dance music
n → Tanzmusik f
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dance
[dɑːns]1. n (activity) → ballo, danza; (traditional, in ballet) → danza; (event) → ballo, serata danzante
to lead sb a dance (fig) → far girare qn come una trottola
to lead sb a dance (fig) → far girare qn come una trottola
3. vi → ballare, danzare (fig) (flowers, boat on waves) → danzare
will you dance with me? → vuoi ballare (con me)?
to dance about → saltellare
to dance for joy → ballare dalla gioia or dalla contentezza
will you dance with me? → vuoi ballare (con me)?
to dance about → saltellare
to dance for joy → ballare dalla gioia or dalla contentezza
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dance
(daːns) verb1. to move in time to music by ma-king a series of rhythmic steps. She began to dance; Can you dance the waltz?
2. to move quickly up and down. The father was dancing the baby on his knee.
noun1. a series of fixed steps made in time to music. Have you done this dance before?; (also adjective) dance music.
2. a social gathering at which people dance. We're going to a dance next Saturday.
ˈdancer nouna ballet dancer.
ˈdancing nounShe likes dancing; (also adjective) dancing shoes.
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dance
→ رَقْصَة, يَرْقُصُ tančit, tanec dans, danse Tanz, tanzen χορεύω, χορός bailar, baile tanssi, tanssia danse, danser ples, plesati ballare, ballo ダンス, 踊る 춤, 춤추다 dans, dansen dans, danse taniec, zatańczyć dança, dançar танец, танцевать dans, dansa เต้นรำ, การเต้นรำ dans, dans etmek nhảy múa, sự nhảy múa 舞蹈, 跳舞Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
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