dance
verb (dance, dances, danced, dancing); noun (a dance, dances; dance — the art)
Everyday
- To dance is to move your body to music. tree →
- A dance is one set of steps, like a waltz or a tap dance. tree →
- A dance is also a party where people dance. tree →
- Dance is the art of dancing, like ballet. tree →
In the lessons
maths: an event with tickets or people, or a lesson time; dance classes often have a time each week (total time = time per class × classes); PE: dance lessons; everyday life: school dances, dancing at weddings; culture: dances from many countries; science: bees do a dance to show where flowers are
Examples
- Tickets to the school dance cost $5. tree →
- She dances for 2 hours every Saturday. tree →
- 30 children came to the dance. tree →
- Each dance lasts 4 minutes. tree →
- We learned a new dance in PE. tree →
- Bees dance to tell other bees where flowers are. tree →
- They danced all night at the wedding. tree →
- She goes to ballet dance class. tree →
- "I don't like dancing," he said. tree →
Note
A word of the story; the numbers are people, time or money. Trap: none special. Drop the e before -ing: dancing.
In Jewish tradition
Dance was a joyful way to praise God, as when Miriam and the women danced with tambourines after crossing the sea.
Interpretation. Miriam is called a prophetess, and the rabbis see the women's joy as a model of praise. Joyful dancing remains part of Jewish festivals, such as Simchat Torah.
Examples
- And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. (Torah EXO.15.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- Rotation; from חָלֹל to dance round. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
- As it were a dance of two companies. (Writings SNG.7.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they danced in halting wise about the altar which was made. (Prophets 1KI.18.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- And whether they sing or dance, all my thoughts are in Thee. (Writings PSA.87.7, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
A word of the story; the numbers are people, time or money. Trap: none special. Drop the e before -ing: dancing.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «dance» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «dance» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «dance» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «dance» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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