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# dance

verb (dance, dances, danced, dancing); noun (a dance, dances; dance — the art)

«dance» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To dance is to move your body to music. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#m1)
2. A dance is one set of steps, like a waltz or a tap dance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#m2)
3. A dance is also a party where people dance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#m3)
4. Dance is the art of dancing, like ballet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#m4)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#x1)
- She dances for 2 hours every Saturday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#x2)
- 30 children came to the dance. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#x3)
- Each dance lasts 4 minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#x4)
- We learned a new dance in PE. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#x5)
- Bees dance to tell other bees where flowers are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#x6)
- They danced all night at the wedding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#x7)
- She goes to ballet dance class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#x8)
- "I don't like dancing," he said. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/#x9)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x1)
- Rotation; from חָלֹל to dance round. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x2)
- As it were a dance of two companies. (Writings SNG.7.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x3)
- And they danced in halting wise about the altar which was made. (Prophets 1KI.18.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x4)
- And whether they sing or dance, all my thoughts are in Thee. (Writings PSA.87.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/#x5)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dance» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dance.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «dance» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/dance/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dance» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/dance.html) on Mova free.