Word

dance, v.
(danced, dances, dancing)
freq. cnt. 33

move in a graceful and rhythmical way
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 17

dance

sample sentences

"The young girl danced into the room"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
The crowds %s in the streets
The streets %s with crowds

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

dancer dancer

semantic pointers

verb group

dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe

hypernym

move

entailment

step

hyponym

glissade chasse, sashay capriole

move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 14

dance trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic toe

sample sentences

"My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Sam and Sue %s

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

dance dancing dance dance dance dancer dancer

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

dancing, dance, terpsichore, saltation

hyponym

verb group

dance

hypernym

move

skip, leap, or move up and down or sideways
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

dance

sample sentences

"Dancing flames"
"The children danced with joy"

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

semantic pointers

hypernym

move