dance
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (3)dances, danced, dancing
- move in a graceful and rhythmical way“The young girl danced into the room”More general moveMore specific capriole, chasse, glissade, jigg, dabInvolves stepSimilar trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
- 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”Synonyms: trip the light fantastictrip the light fantastic toeMore general moveMore specific jig, quickstep, shimmy, grind, jive, bump, twist, shag, skank, rhumba +29 more
- skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways“Dancing flames”“The children danced with joy”More general move
Noun (4)dances
- an artistic form of nonverbal communicationType of art, fine artKinds choreography, extension
- a party of people assembled for dancingType of party
- taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to musicSynonyms: dancingterpsichoresaltationType of diversion, performing artsKinds stage dancing, step dancing, dab, pas seul, saraband, pavane, break dancing, slam dancing, skank, toe dancing +11 more
- a party for social dancingType of partyKinds barn dance, ball, rave, hop
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Translations
Noun movements to music
- Spanish
- baile
- French
- danse
- German
- Tanz
- Italian
- danza
- Portuguese
- dança
- Turkish
- dans
- Russian
- та́нец tánec
- Arabic
- رَقْص raqṣ
- Chinese
- 舞蹈 wǔdǎo
- Japanese
- ダンス dansu
36 more languages
- Dutch
- dans
- Polish
- taniec
- Swedish
- dans
- Greek
- χορός chorós
- Korean
- 춤 chum
- Indonesian
- tari
- Vietnamese
- khiêu vũ
- Hungarian
- tánc
- Portuguese (PT)
- dança
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 舞蹈 wǔdǎo
- Albanian
- vallëzim
- Breton
- dañs
- Catalan
- ball
- Corsican
- baddu
- Czech
- tanec
- Danish
- dans
- Esperanto
- danco
- Estonian
- tants
- Finnish
- tanssi
- Georgian
- ცეკვა ceḳva
- Hebrew
- ריקוד rikúd
- Icelandic
- dans
- Kurdish
- govend
- Latvian
- deja
- Lithuanian
- šokis
- Malagasy
- dihy
- Norwegian
- dans
- Romanian
- dans
- Scottish Gaelic
- dannsa
- Serbo-Croatian
- ples
- Slovak
- tanec
- Slovenian
- ples
- Swahili
- dansi
- Walloon
- danse
- Welsh
- dawns
- Yiddish
- טאַנץ tants
Verb move rhythmically to music
- Spanish
- bailar
- French
- danser
- German
- tanzen
- Italian
- ballare
- Portuguese
- dançar
- Turkish
- dans etmek
- Russian
- танцева́ть tancevátʹ
- Arabic
- رَقَصَ raqaṣa
- Chinese
- 跳舞 tiàowǔ
- Japanese
- 踊る odoru
36 more languages
- Dutch
- dansen
- Polish
- tańczyć
- Swedish
- dansa
- Greek
- χορεύω chorévo
- Korean
- 춤추다 chumchuda
- Indonesian
- menari
- Vietnamese
- múa
- Hungarian
- táncol
- Portuguese (PT)
- dançar
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 跳舞 tiàowǔ
- Albanian
- vallëzoj
- Breton
- korolliñ
- Catalan
- ballar
- Corsican
- ballà
- Czech
- tančit
- Danish
- danse
- Esperanto
- danci
- Estonian
- tantsima
- Finnish
- tanssia
- Georgian
- ცეკვა ceḳva
- Hebrew
- רָקַד rakád
- Icelandic
- dansa
- Kurdish
- reqisîn
- Latvian
- dejot
- Lithuanian
- šokti
- Malagasy
- mandihy
- Norwegian
- danse
- Romanian
- dansa
- Scottish Gaelic
- danns
- Serbo-Croatian
- plesati
- Slovak
- tancovať
- Slovenian
- plesati
- Swahili
- -cheza ngoma
- Walloon
- danser
- Welsh
- dawnsio
- Yiddish
- טאַנצן tantsn
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. danser, fr. OHG. dansōn 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.— George Wither
Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with your daughter?— William Shakespeare
2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about.
Then, 'tis time to dance off.— William M. Thackeray
More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw.— William Shakespeare
Shadows in the glassy waters dance.— George Noel Gordon, Ld. Byron
Where rivulets dance their wayward round.— William Wordsworth
To dance on a rope, or To dance on nothing, to be hanged.
To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind.— William Shakespeare
Thy grandsire loved thee well; Many a time he danced thee on his knee.— William Shakespeare
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.— William Shakespeare
Origin: F. danse, of German origin. See Dance, intransitive verb
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. Music A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillion, etc.
☞ 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.— Geoffrey 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54