"slow dance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsloʊ.dæns/ [US] Forms: slow dances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} slow dance (plural slow dances)
  1. A kind of slow, swaying dance performed by couples, often with the lead partner holding their hands against the sides of the following partner's hips or waist while the follower drapes their hands on the leader's shoulders. Translations (slow, swaying dance performed by couples): Stehblues [masculine] (German), tryckare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-slow_dance-en-noun-Oh76k939 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Dances Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Dances: 64 36

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsloʊ.dæns/ [US] Forms: slow dances [present, singular, third-person], slow dancing [participle, present], slow danced [participle, past], slow danced [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} slow dance (third-person singular simple present slow dances, present participle slow dancing, simple past and past participle slow danced)
  1. (intransitive) To perform a slow dance. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-slow_dance-en-verb-3kwn0HSk

Inflected forms

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