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to country-dance

to country-dance

7.4
To dance in sets or lines to traditional folk music
  • verb
  • /ˈkʌntri dæns/
translation icon : bailar un baile campestre
  • We learned how to country-dance during our trip to England.

Examples

  • They country-danced all night at the village festival.

  • They love to country-dance every Saturday evening.

  • The group happily country-danced in a circle to the lively music.

  • Let's country-dance at the festival!

  • The group happily country-danced in a circle to the lively music.

  • They country-danced all night at the village festival.

  • We learned how to country-dance during our trip to England.

Synonyms

to dance
vsto country-dance
∞ 1.0

To move your body in time to music

is the specific traditional form rather than the general act of moving to music
to contradance
vsto country-dance
9.6

To take part in a lively folk dance with couples in lines

refers to that form as a British or American traditional dance
to folk dance
vsto country-dance
3.7

To dance in a traditional style from a region

is a named British or American example of this traditional dance type

Surface Forms

country-dance infinitive
country-danced past
country-danced past participle
country-dancing present participle
country-dances third person singular

Morphology

country-dance = country + dance (transparent) = country + dance

The verb is transparently built from the idea of a traditional 'country dance', so speakers can readily infer the meaning from the component words.

Etymology

Country-dance as a verb comes from the same idea: country 'countryside' plus dance 'to move to music', so to country-dance is just to do that traditional countryside dance with others in sets or lines.