The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dance \Dance\, v. t.
   To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and
   down; to dandle.
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         To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. --Shak.
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         Thy grandsire loved thee well;
         Many a time he danced thee on his knee.  --Shak.
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   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.
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            A man of his place, and so near our favor,
            To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure.
                                                  --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dance \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.
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            Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. --Wither.
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            Good shepherd, what fair swain is this
            Which dances with your daughter?      --Shak.
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   2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion;
      to caper; to frisk; to skip about.
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            Then, 'tis time to dance off.         --Thackeray.
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            More dances my rapt heart
            Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. --Shak.
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            Shadows in the glassy waters dance.   --Byron.
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            Where rivulets dance their wayward round.
                                                  --Wordsworth.
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   To dance on a rope, or To dance on nothing, to be hanged.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. (Mus.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the
      minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
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   Note: The word dance was used ironically, by the older
         writers, of many proceedings besides dancing.
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               Of remedies of love she knew parchance
               For of that art she couth the olde dance.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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   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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dance
    n 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, dance, terpsichore,
       saltation]
    4: a party for social dancing
    v 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" [syn: dance, trip the light fantastic, trip
       the light fantastic toe]
    3: skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways; "Dancing
       flames"; "The children danced with joy"

The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

DANCE, v.i.  To leap about to the sound of tittering music, preferably
with arms about your neighbor's wife or daughter.  There are many
kinds of dances, but all those requiring the participation of the two
sexes have two characteristics in common:  they are conspicuously
innocent, and warmly loved by the vicious.