GHOST DANCE

Meaning of GHOST DANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1890

: a group dance of a late 19th century American Indian messianic cult believed to promote the return of the dead and the restoration of traditional ways of life

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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 …
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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 — Native American dance performed to summon the dead and invoke the restoration of native lands and traditional ways of life …
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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
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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
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DANCE — I Form of expression that uses bodily movements that are rhythmic, patterned (or sometimes improvised), and usually accompanied by music. …
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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 …
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GHOST — [ghost] n [ME gost, gast, fr. OE gast; akin to OHG geist spirit, Skt heda anger] (bef. 12c) 1: the …
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DANCE — [dance] vb danced ; danc.ing [ME dauncen, fr. OF dancier] vi (14c) 1: to engage in or perform a dance …
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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
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GHOST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ghost/horror story ▪ They sat round the fire telling ghost stories. ▪ She …
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DANCE
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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 …
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GHOST — n. 25B6; noun his ghost haunts the crypt : SPECTRE, phantom, wraith, spirit, presence; apparition; informal spook. the ghost of …
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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 …
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DANCE — 1. сущ. 1) а) танец barn dance ≈ сельский праздник с танцами They met at a dance. ≈ Они познакомились …
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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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