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dance
has definitions from the fields of dance,fine art
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[ verb ] (dance) move in a graceful and rhythmical way
Examples "The young girl danced into the room" Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He was seeing , somehow , the face of a young boy , the boy Simms_Purdew must once have been , a boy with sorrel hair , and blue eyes dancing with gaiety , and the boy mouth grinning trustfully among the freckles . (Guy Bolton, The Olympians....)Naked girls danced in the chancel of the Abbey , the youngest and seemingly the most innocent being chosen to read a sermon filled with veiled depravities . (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)She enjoyed great parties when she would sit_up talking and dancing and drinking all night , but it always seemed to her that being alone , especially alone in her house , was the realest part of life . (James Thurber, "The Future, If Any, of Comedy,"...)I'm not pleading for the heart that leaps up when it beholds a rainbow in the sky , or for the heart that with rapture fills and dances with the daffodils . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)What you were looking_for ( unless you make a hobby of collecting old tennis_rackets and fly screens ) eludes me , but to judge from phonograph_records scattered about a fumed_oak Victrola , you danced two tangos and a paso_doble , which must have been fairly enervating in that milieu . |
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[ noun ] (fine art,dance) an artistic form of nonverbal communication
Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)His creative development of melodic designs of Slavic dance tunes and love songs is captivating : witty , clever , adroit , and subtle . With a large and circumspect 20_th Century technique , he wove the materials of national heroes and events , national folklore and children 's fairy_tales - Slavic dances and love songs - into a solid musical literature which served his people well , and is providing much enjoyment to the World at_large . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (dance) move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
Examples "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)And little Zeme_North , a Dora with real spirit and verve , was fascinating whether she was singing of her love for Floyd , the cop who becomes sewer commissioner and then is promoted into garbage , or just dancing to display her exuberant feelings . (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)`` All because I did n't feel_like dancing '' . (Stephen Longstreet, Eagles Where I Walk....)Martha picked_up the hem of her gown and with eyes closed she slowly began to dance a stately minuet around the ballroom . |
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[ noun ] (dance) a party of people assembled for dancing
Used in print (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)Brief snips of actual events were shown : parades , dances , street scenes . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)He came bounding up_the_stairs and joined the dance . (Evan Esar, Humorous English; a guide to comic ,...)This is not unlike the order received by the sergeant of an army motor_pool : `` Four trucks to Fort_Mason gym , 7 : 30 tonight , for hauling girls to dance . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (dance) skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways
Examples "Dancing flames" "The children danced with joy" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (dance) taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
Synonyms Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)in his motherland ; in the spacious hunting_grounds of `` Uncle_Sam '' ; in the exciting salons of his lovely , brilliant Paris - mistress of gaiety - excess and abandon - world theatre of new found freedoms in tone , color , dance , design , and thought . |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 9145
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[ noun ] a party for social dancing
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