Dance Definition
dăns
danced, dances, dancing
verb
danced, dances, dancing
To take part in or perform (a dance)
Webster's New World
To move the body and feet in rhythm, ordinarily to music.
Webster's New World
To perform a specialized set of movements to communicate chiefly with other members of the same species.
American Heritage
To move lightly and gaily; caper.
Webster's New World
To bob up and down.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
dances
A series of motions and steps, such as the waltz or tango, usually performed to music.
American Heritage
Rhythmic movement of the body and feet, ordinarily to music.
Webster's New World
A particular kind of dance, as the waltz, tango, etc.
Webster's New World
One round of dancing at such a party.
Webster's New World
A party to which people come to dance.
Webster's New World
idiom
dance attendance on
- To attend to or try to please (someone) with eagerness or obsequiousness.
American Heritage
dance around
- to avoid or evade (a question, concern, etc.); sidestep; dodge
Webster's New World
dance attendance on
- to be always near so as to wait on, lavish attention on, etc.
Webster's New World
dance to another tune
- to alter one's actions or opinions as a result of changed conditions
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Dance
- dance attendance on
- dance around
- dance attendance on
- dance to another tune
Origin of Dance
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Middle English daunsen, from Anglo-Norman dancer, dauncer (“to dance”) (compare Old French dancier), from Frankish *dansōn (“to draw, to pull, to gesture”) (compare Old High German dansōn (“to draw, pull”)), from Proto-Germanic *dansōną.
From Wiktionary
Middle English dauncen from Old French danser perhaps of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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