"step dance" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: step dances [plural]
Etymology: From step + dance. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|step|dance|notext=1|type=endocentric}} step + dance Head templates: {{en-noun}} step dance (plural step dances)
  1. A dance emphasizing the dancer's steps. Categories (topical): Dances Synonyms: stepdance, step-dance Translations (dance emphasizing the dancer’s steps): steppaus (Finnish), damhsa céime [masculine] (Irish), rince céime [masculine] (Irish), степ (step) [masculine] (Russian), steppdans [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-step_dance-en-noun-e7rkJRL- Disambiguation of Dances: 33 39 28 Disambiguation of 'dance emphasizing the dancer’s steps': 91 9
  2. A postcopulatory behaviour of whistling ducks, genus Dendrocygna. Categories (topical): Dances
    Sense id: en-step_dance-en-noun-hoETZP-V Disambiguation of Dances: 33 39 28 Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 23 53 25 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 67 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 23 63 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 67 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 69 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 64 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 23 65 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 67 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 66 12

Verb [English]

Forms: step dances [present, singular, third-person], step dancing [participle, present], step danced [participle, past], step danced [past]
Etymology: From step + dance. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|step|dance|notext=1|type=endocentric}} step + dance Head templates: {{en-verb}} step dance (third-person singular simple present step dances, present participle step dancing, simple past and past participle step danced)
  1. (intransitive) To perform a step dance. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Dances Derived forms: step-dancer, step dancer, stepdancer, step-dancing, step dancing, stepdancing Translations (to perform a step dance): stepata (Finnish), steppa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-step_dance-en-verb-zzjGzED4 Disambiguation of Dances: 33 39 28

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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