Dance definition
An example of dance is to engage in the salsa.
I danced with her all night long.
The leaves danced in the wind.
An example of dance is the salsa.
An example of dance is the prom.
Danced the child on her knee.
A peacock's courtship dance.
May I have this dance?
His eyes danced with pleasure as he spoke. She accused her political opponent of dancing around the issue instead of confronting it.
Have you ever danced the tango?
Danced around the issue.
Eyes that danced with merriment.
Studied dance in college.
- To attend to or try to please (someone) with eagerness or obsequiousness.
- to avoid or evade (a question, concern, etc.); sidestep; dodge
- to be always near so as to wait on, lavish attention on, etc.
- to alter one's actions or opinions as a result of changed conditions
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of dance
- Middle English dauncen from Old French danser perhaps of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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