"square dance" meaning in All languages combined

See square dance on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: square dances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} square dance (countable and uncountable, plural square dances)
  1. (uncountable) Square dancing. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-square_dance-en-noun-RtBiE-05 Disambiguation of Dances: 43 27 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 37 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 56 39 5 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 54 37 9
  2. (countable) A particular instance of square dancing. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-square_dance-en-noun-DQA8uFer

Verb [English]

Forms: square dances [present, singular, third-person], square dancing [participle, present], square danced [participle, past], square danced [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} square dance (third-person singular simple present square dances, present participle square dancing, simple past and past participle square danced)
  1. To take part in a square dance. Synonyms: square-dance Derived forms: square dancer Related terms: barn dance, contradance
    Sense id: en-square_dance-en-verb-lU1ObvsM

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for square dance meaning in All languages combined (2.6kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "square dances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "square dance (countable and uncountable, plural square dances)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 37 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "56 39 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "54 37 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 27 29",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Dances",
          "orig": "en:Dances",
          "parents": [
            "Dance",
            "Art",
            "Recreation",
            "Culture",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Square dance is America's folk dance."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Square dancing."
      ],
      "id": "en-square_dance-en-noun-RtBiE-05",
      "links": [
        [
          "Square dancing",
          "square dancing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) Square dancing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There's a square dance at the school tonight."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A particular instance of square dancing."
      ],
      "id": "en-square_dance-en-noun-DQA8uFer",
      "links": [
        [
          "square dancing",
          "square dancing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A particular instance of square dancing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "square dance"
  ],
  "word": "square dance"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "square dances",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "square dancing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "square danced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "square danced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "square dance (third-person singular simple present square dances, present participle square dancing, simple past and past participle square danced)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "square dancer"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I square danced for three hours last night."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take part in a square dance."
      ],
      "id": "en-square_dance-en-verb-lU1ObvsM",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "barn dance"
        },
        {
          "word": "contradance"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "square-dance"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "square dance"
  ],
  "word": "square dance"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Dances"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "square dances",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "square dance (countable and uncountable, plural square dances)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Square dance is America's folk dance."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Square dancing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Square dancing",
          "square dancing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) Square dancing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There's a square dance at the school tonight."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A particular instance of square dancing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "square dancing",
          "square dancing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A particular instance of square dancing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "square dance"
  ],
  "word": "square dance"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Dances"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "square dancer"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "square dances",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "square dancing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "square danced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "square danced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "square dance (third-person singular simple present square dances, present participle square dancing, simple past and past participle square danced)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "barn dance"
    },
    {
      "word": "contradance"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I square danced for three hours last night."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To take part in a square dance."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "square-dance"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "square dance"
  ],
  "word": "square dance"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.