dance: Meaning and Definition of

dance

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.

1. to perform or take part in (a dance): to dance a waltz.
2. to cause to dance: He danced her around the ballroom.
3. to cause to be in a specified condition by dancing: She danced her way to stardom.
4. See(def. 4).
5. to be hanged.
6. to change one's behavior, attitudes, etc.

1. a successive group of rhythmical steps or bodily motions, or both, usually executed to music.
2. an act or round of dancing; set: May I have this dance?
3. the art of dancing: to study dance.
4. a social gathering or party for dancing; ball: Was he invited to the dance?
5. a piece of music suited in rhythm or style to a particular form of dancing: He liked the composer's country dances.
6. 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.
7. ballet, interpretive dancing, and other dancing of an artistic nature performed by professional dancers before an audience.