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dance    Audio Help   [dans, dahns] Pronunciation Key verb, danced, danc·ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
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: to dance with joy.
3.to bob up and down: The toy sailboats danced on the pond.
–verb (used with object)
4.to perform or take part in (a dance): to dance a waltz.
5.to cause to dance: He danced her around the ballroom.
6.to cause to be in a specified condition by dancing: She danced her way to stardom.
–noun
7.a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually 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: Was he invited to the dance?
11.a piece of music suited in rhythm or style to a particular form of dancing: He liked the composer's country dances.
12.Animal Behavior. a stylized pattern of movements performed by an animal, as a bird in courtship display, or an insect, as a honeybee in indicating a source of nectar.
13.the dance, ballet, interpretive dancing, and other dancing of an artistic nature performed by professional dancers before an audience.
14.dance attendance. attendance (def. 4).
15.dance on air, Slang. to be hanged.
16.dance to another tune, to change one's behavior, attitudes, etc.

[Origin: 1250–1300; (v.) ME da(u)ncen < AF dancer, dauncer, OF dancier, perh. < OHG *dansjan to lead (someone) to a dance; (n.) ME da(u)nce < AF; OF dance, deriv. of dancier]

danc·ing·ly, adverb

2. cavort, caper, frolic, gambol, prance.
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dance    Audio Help   (dāns)  Pronunciation Key 
v.   danced, danc·ing, danc·es

v.   intr.
  1. To move rhythmically usually to music, using prescribed or improvised steps and gestures.
    1. To leap or skip about excitedly.
    2. To appear to flash or twinkle: eyes that danced with merriment.
    3. Informal To appear to skip about; vacillate: danced around the issue.
  2. To bob up and down.

v.   tr.
  1. To engage in or perform (a dance).
  2. To cause to dance.
  3. To bring to a particular state or condition by dancing: My partner danced me to exhaustion.

n.  
  1. A series of motions and steps, usually performed to music.
  2. The art of dancing: studied dance in college.
  3. A party or gathering of people for dancing; a ball.
  4. One round or turn of dancing: May I have this dance?
  5. A musical or rhythmical piece composed or played for dancing.
  6. The act or an instance of dancing.


[Middle English dauncen, from Old French danser, perhaps of Germanic origin.]

danc'er n., danc'ing·ly adv.
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dance 
c.1300, from O.Fr. dancier, perhaps from Frankish. A word of uncertain origin but which, through French influence in arts and society, has become the primary word for this activity from Spain to Russia. Replaced O.E. sealtian.

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dance

noun
1. an artistic form of nonverbal communication 
2. a party of people assembled for dancing 
3. taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music [syn: dancing
4. a party for social dancing 

verb
1. move in a graceful and rhythmical way; "The young girl danced into the room" 
2. 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" 
3. skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways; "Dancing flames"; "The children danced with joy" 

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dance

In addition to the idioms beginning with dance, also see lead a chase (dance); song and dance.


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dance1 [daːns] verb
to move in time to music by ma-king a series of rhythmic steps
Example: She began to dance; Can you dance the waltz?
Arabic: يَرْقُص
Chinese (Simplified): 跳舞
Chinese (Traditional): 跳舞
Czech: tancovat
Danish: danse
Dutch: dansen
Estonian: tantsima
Finnish: tanssia
French: danser
German: tanzen
Greek: χορεύω
Hungarian: táncol
Icelandic: dansa
Indonesian: menari
Italian: ballare, danzare
Japanese: 踊る
Korean: 춤추다
Latvian: dejot
Lithuanian: šokti
Norwegian: danse
Polish: tańczyć
Portuguese (Brazil): dançar
Portuguese (Portugal): dançar
Romanian: a dansa
Russian: танцевать
Slovak: tancovať
Slovenian: plesati
Spanish: bailar
Swedish: dansa
Turkish: dansetmek, …dansı yapmak
dance2 [daːns] verb
to move quickly up and down
Example: The father was dancing the baby on his knee.
Arabic: يُرَقِّص
Chinese (Simplified): 上下摆动
Chinese (Traditional): 上下擺動
Czech: houpat
Danish: gynge
Dutch: laten rijden
Estonian: hüpitama
Finnish: hyppyyttää
French: (faire) sauter
German: schaukeln
Greek: ταχταρίζω
Hungarian: ugrándozik
Icelandic: hreyfa upp og niður, hossa
Indonesian: mengayun
Italian: far saltellare*
Japanese: 上下に揺する
Korean: (들썩들썩) 아래위로 움직이다
Latvian: dancināt; ucināt
Lithuanian: šokdinti
Norwegian: huske, gynge
Polish: kołysać, huśtać
Portuguese (Brazil): fazer dançar
Portuguese (Portugal): balouçar
Romanian: a legăna
Russian: качать
Slovak: hojdať (sa)
Slovenian: pozibavati (se)
Spanish: mecer, agitar, mover
Swedish: gunga
Turkish: hoplatmak, zıplatmak
dance1 [daːns] noun
a series of fixed steps made in time to music
Example: Have you done this dance before?; (also adjective) dance music
Arabic: رَقْصَه
Chinese (Simplified): 舞蹈
Chinese (Traditional): 舞蹈
Czech: tanec; taneční
Danish: dans; danse-
Dutch: dans
Estonian: tants
Finnish: tanssi
French: danse; de danse
German: der Tanz
Greek: χορός
Hungarian: tánc
Icelandic: dans
Indonesian: tarian
Italian: ballo, danza
Japanese: 踊り
Korean: 춤, 무용
Latvian: deja; deju-
Lithuanian: šokis
Norwegian: dans
Polish: taniec
Portuguese (Brazil): dança
Portuguese (Portugal): dança
Romanian: dans; de dans
Russian: танец
Slovak: tanec; tanečný
Slovenian: ples
Spanish: baile, danza
Swedish: dans
Turkish: dans
dance2 [daːns] noun
a social gathering at which people dance
Example: We're going to a dance next Saturday.
Arabic: حَفْلَه , * سَهْرَه راقِصَه
Chinese (Simplified): 舞会
Chinese (Traditional): 舞會
Czech: taneční zábava
Danish: bal
Dutch: bal
Estonian: tantsupidu
Finnish: tanssit
French: bal
German: der Tanz
Greek: χορός, χοροεσπερίδα
Hungarian: táncmulatság, bál
Icelandic: dansleikur, ball
Indonesian: dansa
Italian: ballo
Japanese: ダンスパーティー
Korean: 무도회, 댄스 파티
Latvian: deju vakars
Lithuanian: šokiai
Norwegian: ball, dans
Polish: zabawa taneczna
Portuguese (Brazil): baile
Portuguese (Portugal): baile
Romanian: dans
Russian: танцы
Slovak: tanečná zábava
Slovenian: ples
Spanish: baile
Swedish: dans
Turkish: balo
See also: dancer, dancing

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Dance\ (d[.a]ns), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Danced; p. pr. & vb. n. Dancing.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans[=o]n 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 rhythmically.

Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. --Wither.

Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with your daughter? --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.
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Dance

Dance\, v. t. 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.
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Dance

Dance\, n. [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.) 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.
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