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SASHAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A journey taken for pleasure
Example:
after cautious sashays into the field
Synonyms:
excursion; expedition; jaunt; junket; outing; pleasure trip; sashay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sashay" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sashay"):
airing (a short excursion (a walk or ride) in the open air)
field trip (a group excursion (to a museum or the woods or some historic place) for firsthand examination)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading
Synonyms:
chasse; sashay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sashay" is a kind of...):
dance step; step (a sequence of foot movements that make up a particular dance)
Domain category:
ballet; concert dance (a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers)
Derivation:
sashay (move sideways)
sashay (perform a chasse step, in ballet)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A square dance figure; partners circle each other taking sideways steps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sashay" is a kind of...):
contra danse; contradance; contredanse; country-dance; country dancing (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)
Holonyms ("sashay" is a part of...):
square dance; square dancing (American country dancing in which couples form squares)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move sideways
Synonyms:
sashay; sidle
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "sashay" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
sashay ((ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Perform a chasse step, in ballet
Synonyms:
chasse; sashay
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "sashay" is one way to...):
dance (move in a graceful and rhythmical way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
sashay ((ballet) quick gliding steps with one foot always leading)
Sense 3
Meaning:
To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others
Example:
He struts around like a rooster in a hen house
Synonyms:
cock; prance; ruffle; sashay; strut; swagger; tittup
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "sashay" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
The children sashay to the playground
