GHOST DANCE

Meaning of GHOST DANCE in English

Native American dance performed to summon the dead and invoke the restoration of native lands and traditional ways of life (common during the late 19th century)

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GHOST DANCE — noun Date: 1890 a group dance of a late 19th century American Indian messianic cult believed to promote the return …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
GHOST DANCE — Nineteenth-century Native American cult. It represented an attempt by Indian peoples in the western U.S. to rehabilitate their traditional cultures. …
Английский словарь Британика
GHOST DANCE — noun : a group dance for communication with the spirits of the dead ; specifically : a messianic cult and …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GHOST DANCE — () A religious dance of the North American Indians, participated in by both sexes, and looked upon as a rite …
Английский словарь Webster
GHOST DANCE — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, esp. such a dance as performed by various messianic western …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GHOST DANCE — Date: 1890 : a group dance of a late 19th century American Indian messianic cult believed to promote the return …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GHOST DANCE — add. ·- a religious dance of the north american indians, participated in by both sexes, and looked upon as a …
Webster English vocab
GHOST DANCE — Function: noun Date: 1890 : a group dance of a late 19th century American Indian messianic cult believed to promote …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GHOST DANCE — [Ghost Dance] n (1890): a group dance of a late 19th century American Indian messianic cult believed to promote the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GHOST DANCE — either of two distinct cults in a complex of late 19th-century religious movements that represented an attempt of Indians in …
Britannica English vocabulary
GHOST DANCE — Nineteenth-century Native American cult. It represented an attempt by Indian peoples in the western U.S. to rehabilitate their traditional cultures. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GHOST DANCE — a Native-American dance and religion that started among the Paiute people in western Nevada about 1870. The religion was based …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
GHOST-DANCE — обрядовый танец североамериканских индейцев, посвященный умершим
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GHOST-DANCE — n обрядовый танец североамериканских индейцев, посвящённый умершим
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GHOST DANCE — (n) обрядовый танец североамериканских индейцев , посвященный умершим
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
GHOST-DANCE — n обрядовый танец североамериканских индейцев, посвящённый умершим
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
GHOST-DANCE — n обрядовый танец североамериканских индейцев, посвящённый умершим
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
GHOST DANCE — Пляска духа Обряд мессианского культа, распространенный в 70-90-е гг. XIX в. среди многих индейских племен на западе США; создан пророком Вовокой …
GHOST DANCE — Пляска духа Обряд мессианского культа, распространенный в 70-90-е гг. XIX в. среди многих индейских племен на западе США; создан пророком …
GHOST DANCE — обрядовый танец, посвященный умершим.
Англо-Русский социологический энциклопедический словарь
GHOST-DANCE — обрядовый танец североамериканских индейцев, посвященный умершим
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DANCE — I Form of expression that uses bodily movements that are rhythmic, patterned (or sometimes improvised), and usually accompanied by music. …
Английский словарь Британика
GHOST — I. ˈgōst noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DANCE — I. ˈdan(t)s, ˈdaa(ə)n-, ˈdain-, ˈdȧn- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English dauncen, from Old French dancier, perhaps from (assumed) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GHOST — (n.) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the …
Английский словарь Webster
GHOST — ( n. ) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
GHOST — — ghostily , adv. — ghostlike , adj. /gohst/ , n. 1. the soul of a dead person, a disembodied …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DANCE — — dancingly , adv. /dans, dahns/ , v. , danced, dancing , n. v.i. 1. to move one's feet or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DANCE — v. move rhythmically to music (often following pre-composed steps and movements); skip or bounce about in a dance-like manner; participate …
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GHOST — I. ˈgōst noun Etymology: Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GHOST — noun the spirit; the soul of man. 2. ghost ·vi to die; to expire. 3. ghost ·vt to appear to …
Webster English vocab
DANCE — vi a tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, ·etc. 2. dance ·vt to …
Webster English vocab
GHOST — [ghost] n [ME gost, gast, fr. OE gast; akin to OHG geist spirit, Skt heda anger] (bef. 12c) 1: the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DANCE — [dance] vb danced ; danc.ing [ME dauncen, fr. OF dancier] vi (14c) 1: to engage in or perform a dance …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GHOST — soul or spectre of a dead person, usually believed to inhabit the netherworld and to be capable of returning in …
Britannica English vocabulary
DANCE — the movement of the body in a rhythmic way, usually to music and within a given space, for the purpose …
Britannica English vocabulary
GHOST — ghost BrE AmE ɡəʊst AmE ɡoʊst ▷ ghosted ˈɡəʊst ɪd -əd AmE ˈɡoʊst əd ▷ ghosting ˈɡəʊst ɪŋ AmE ˈɡoʊst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
GHOST — / gəʊst; NAmE goʊst/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] the spirit of a dead person that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DANCE — / dɑːns; NAmE dæns/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a series of movements and steps that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GHOST — I. ghost 1 /ɡəʊst $ ɡoʊst/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: gast ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DANCE — I. dance 1 S2 W3 /dɑːns $ dæns/ BrE AmE noun 1 . [countable] a special set of movements performed …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GHOST — n. & v. --n. 1 the supposed apparition of a dead person or animal; a disembodied spirit. 2 a shadow …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DANCE — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. move about rhythmically alone or with a partner or in a set, usu. in …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GHOST — n. & v. n. 1 the supposed apparition of a dead person or animal; a disembodied spirit. 2 a shadow …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DANCE — v. & n. v. 1 intr. move about rhythmically alone or with a partner or in a set, usu. in …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GHOST — n. & v. --n. 1. the supposed apparition of a dead person or animal; a disembodied spirit. 2 a shadow …
Oxford English vocab
DANCE — v. & n. --v. 1. intr. move about rhythmically alone or with a partner or in a set, usu. in …
Oxford English vocab
GHOST — ( ghosts, ghosting, ghosted) 1. A ghost is the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DANCE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GHOST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ghost/horror story ▪ They sat round the fire telling ghost stories. ▪ She …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DANCE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DANCE — [noun] [C]Shall we have a dance (= an act of dancing)?On Thursday night I've got my dance class.A dance can …
Cambridge English vocab
DANCE — n. ballroom dance country dance dance notation dance of death skeleton dance folk dance Ghost Dance modern dance Morris dance …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DANCE — n. Form of expression that uses bodily movements that are rhythmic, patterned (or sometimes improvised), and usually accompanied by music. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DANCE — Synonyms and related words : Charleston, Highland fling, Lambeth Walk, Mexican hat dance, Portland fancy, Virginia reel, Watusi, acid rock, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GHOST — noun VERB + GHOST ▪ see ▪ You look as if you've seen a ~! ▪ believe in ▪ I …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DANCE — I. noun 1 series of steps/movements to music ADJECTIVE ▪ little ▪ fast , lively ▪ slow , stately ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
GHOST — INDEX: 1. a ghost 2. when there are ghosts in a place RELATED WORDS see also ↑ DIE ↑ DEAD …
Longman Activator English vocab
DANCE — INDEX: 1. to dance 2. a set of movements performed to a particular type of music 3. someone who dances …
Longman Activator English vocab
GHOST — n. 25B6; noun his ghost haunts the crypt : SPECTRE, phantom, wraith, spirit, presence; apparition; informal spook. the ghost of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DANCE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GHOST — 1. сущ. 1) привидение, призрак; дух to see a ghost ≈ видеть привидение a ghost appears ≈ привидение появляется to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DANCE — 1. сущ. 1) а) танец barn dance ≈ сельский праздник с танцами They met at a dance. ≈ Они познакомились …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
GHOST — ghost.ogg 1. gəʋst n 1. привидение, призрак, дух the ghost of Hamlet's father - тень отца Гамлета to raise to …
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