"highland dance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: highland dances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} highland dance (plural highland dances)
  1. A type of Scottish set step routine dancing.
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Verb

Forms: highland dances [present, singular, third-person], highland dancing [participle, present], highland danced [participle, past], highland danced [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} highland dance (third-person singular simple present highland dances, present participle highland dancing, simple past and past participle highland danced)
  1. To take part in Highland dancing. Categories (topical): Dances Related terms: barn dance, ceilidh dance, Highland dancing, square dance
    Sense id: en-highland_dance-en-verb-eFaCP71A Disambiguation of Dances: 24 76 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: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 92

Inflected forms

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