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ROUND DANCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ballroom dance characterized by revolving movement
Synonyms:
round dance; round dancing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("round dance" is a kind of...):
ballroom dance; ballroom dancing (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A folk dance; dancers form a circle
Synonyms:
ring dance; round dance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("round dance" 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 "round dance"):
schottische (a German round dance resembling a slow polka)
