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dance

  [dans, dahns] verb, danced, danc⋅ing, noun
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–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.
—Idioms
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

Related forms:
danc⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. cavort, caper, frolic, gambol, prance.
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dance   (dāns)   
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.
  3. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Dancing

Dan"cing\, p. a. & vb. n. from Dance.

Dancing girl, one of the women in the East Indies whose profession is to dance in the temples, or for the amusement of spectators. There are various classes of dancing girls.

Dancing master, a teacher of dancing.

Dancing school, a school or place where dancing is taught.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : dancing
Spanish: danza,
German: das Tanzen,
Japanese: 踊り
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