noun
Meaning 1
A ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain.
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Phrase guide
rain dance
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noun
Meaning 2
Any sequence of actions performed in order to provoke rain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
Any sequence of arbitrary actions performed in order to achieve a goal.
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Usage: broadly
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noun
Meaning 4
a ritual dance intended to bring rain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: ritual dancing, ritual dance, ceremonial dance
Narrower terms: corn dance, hula, hula-hula, Hawaiian dancing
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: sadetanssi — ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain
- French: danse de la pluie — ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain
- German: Regentanz — ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain
- Hungarian: esőtánc — ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain
- Portuguese: dança da chuva — ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain