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CONTREDANSE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line

Synonyms:

contra danse; contradance; contredanse; country-dance; country dancing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("contredanse" is a kind of...):

folk dance; folk dancing (a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "contredanse"):

longways; longways dance (country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each other)

square dance; square dancing (American country dancing in which couples form squares)

do-si-do (a square-dance figure; two dancers approach each other and circle back to back before returning to their original places)

promenade (a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle)

sashay (a square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps)

swing (a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them)

landler (a moderately slow Austrian country dance in triple time; involves spinning and clapping)

Derivation:

contredanse (perform a contradance)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perform a contradance

Synonyms:

contra danse; contradance; contredanse; country-dance

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "contredanse" is one way to...):

dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue contredanse

Derivation:

contredanse (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)

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