Usually means: Rhythmic movements to music expression.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word dances:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. dances: Merriam-Webster
  2. dances: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dances: Vocabulary.com
  4. Dance's, Dances, dance's, dances: Wordnik
  5. dances: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Dances, dances: Wiktionary
  7. dances: Dictionary.com
  8. dances: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Dances: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. dances: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dances: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dances: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dances: Idioms

(Note: See dance as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Dance)

noun:  A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
noun:  A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
noun:  (uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
noun:  (uncountable) A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
noun:  A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
noun:  (figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
noun:  (figurative, dated) Any strenuous or difficult movement, action, or task.
noun:  (apiology) A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
verb:  (intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
verb:  (intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
verb:  (transitive) To perform the steps to.
verb:  (transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
verb:  (figurative, euphemistic) To make love or have sex.
verb:  (apiology, of a worker honey bee) To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
verb:  (figurative, euphemistic) To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
noun:  (heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
noun:  A surname.
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