[dans, dahns] 
verb, danced, danc⋅ing, noun | 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| dance (dāns) v. danced, danc·ing, danc·es v. intr.
[Middle English dauncen, from Old French danser, perhaps of Germanic origin.] danc'er n., danc'ing·ly adv. |
