"slow dance" meaning in English

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Noun

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. Categories (topical): Dances Translations (slow, swaying dance performed by couples): Stehblues [masculine] (German), tryckare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-slow_dance-en-noun-Oh76k939 Disambiguation of Dances: 56 44 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: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10

Verb

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

Download JSON data for slow dance meaning in English (2.7kB)

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