(v. i.) To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhythmically.
(v. i.) To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about.
(v. t.) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.
(v. i.) The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music.
(v. i.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) His verdict of her that "she danced on the graves of her husband's victims.
(2) In the dance off tomorrow should be Dave and Karen and Mark and Iveta, but it wouldn't surprise me if Fiona and Anton were in the bottom two instead.
(3) The Taliban banned television, music, dancing, and almost every other pastime, from kite-flying to cinema-going.
(4) I encourage you to visit your local care home on Friday to take part in the activities, from dance classes to tours of care homes.
(5) The station programmer of the year went to Andy Roberts of dance station Kiss.
(6) Oh, and let’s not forget about him doing bad dance moves in a video making fun of Drake’s choreography in the Hotline Bling video.
(7) Should it all go wrong, I can't see further than Dance of the Cuckoos , personally.
(8) He got in a cherry picker for Space Oddity, and managed to sing and dance.
(9) Dell'Utri managed the 1994 campaign – a dazzling phantasmagoria of dancing girls under the lights, while he saw to the shadows.
(10) It's the slogan of an old electronica & dance music festival in Berlin known as The Love Parade.
(11) His opposite number, Roy Carroll, saved at the feet of Sinclair, the County striker Izale McLeod drove inches wide, but in the 24th minute Villa were level, Jack Grealish dancing through a series of attempted tackles before putting the ball on a plate inside the penalty area for the hugely promising Adama Traoré to thump past Carroll.
(12) Saturday's programme was beaten in the ratings – at least while the two were head-to-head – by BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing.
(13) Not so in 2012, with the shortlist for outstanding achievement in dance revealed as Edward Watson for The Metamorphosis at Covent Garden; Sylvie Guillem for 6,000 Miles Away at Sadler's Wells and Tommy Franzen for Some Like it Hip Hop at the Peacock.
(14) A significant increase in the percentage of zymosan-complement rosette forming cells was seen during dancing.
(15) The purpose of this study was to determine the changes in maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max) and body composition following 8 weeks of aerobic dance using hand-held weights (Heavyhands, AMF, Jefferson, IA).
(16) She mentions the show at the Baltic in Gateshead in 2007, when one of her photographs, Klara and Edda Belly-dancing , owned by Elton John, was removed from the exhibition on the grounds that it was pornographic .
(17) The show discovered Susan Boyle and Paul Potts, but more recently has become synonymous with dancing dogs (controversially so last year, when it emerged the winner had used a stunt double ).
(18) This season’s other much awaited debut will be Natalia Osipova , dancing her first Kitri with the Royal later this month.
(19) "Anne Hathaway at least tried to sing and dance and preen along to the goings on, but Franco seemed distant, uninterested and content to keep his Cheshire-cat-meets-smug smile on display throughout."
(20) The 30-year-old, whose airway had been so damaged by TB she was gasping for breath on the stairs, told Professor Paolo Macchiarini she had been dancing all night in a club in Ibiza.
Dexter
Definition:
(a.) Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left.
(a.) On the right-hand side of a shield, i. e., towards the right hand of its wearer. To a spectator in front, as in a pictorial representation, this would be the left side.
Example Sentences:
(1) Emphasis is placed upon practical matters, such as quality of measurement, instruments and the dexterity of the surgeon.
(2) Since the effectiveness with which they are removed largely depends on the age with respect to the stage of root formation, bone resilience and relationship with adjacent anatomical structures, and the dexterity of the operator, whenever possible, early removal is recommended.
(3) The in vitro culture of mouse bone marrow (Dexter cultures) has allowed a detailed analysis of the biology of murine hematopoiesis.
(4) Ethanol alone impaired manual dexterity, increased drowsiness, reduced 'clearheadedness' and also tended to reduce feelings of aggression.
(5) Long-term in vitro human hematopoietic (Dexter) cultures are limited both in their longevity (8-12 weeks) and in their cell production over time.
(6) Cor triatriatum dexter is rare and is infrequently diagnosed before postmortem study; however, once the diagnosis is extablished, the condition is amenable to a relatively simple surgical correction.
(7) At the age of 50, Keaton adopted her first child, her daughter Dexter, now 18.
(8) Additional experiments were performed to assess the formation of new progenitor cells in reconstituted Dexter cultures.
(9) The conditioned medium of a non-virus producing A-MuLV transformed fibroblast cell line was synergistic with medium from Whitlock-Witte long-term bone marrow cultures, while conditioned medium from modified Dexter-type cultures was not active.
(10) Aesthesiometric thresholds (two-point discrimination and depth sense perception), manipulative dexterity, pinch grip force and fingertip skin temperature (FST) were measured before and after exposure to different combinations of static load (handle holding), noise and vibration by using new production brush saws for 5 to 15 min.
(11) The results showed a very good distribution of 100% or 90% in the bronchi principals dexter and sinister.
(12) MK-8057 can be maintained in Dexter-type liquid culture with a feeder layer of irradiated bone marrow cells.
(13) Sex differences emerged on the Embedded-figures Test and the first half of the dexterity test.
(14) Dexter was a consummate theatrical craftsman and Lindsay was, in one form, a sort of poetic director.
(15) We feel that these innovations may enhance surgical dexterity of residents without the need for animal sacrifice.
(16) Yet, we could not find relevant associations between radiographic findings and clinical outcome parameters (pain, morning stiffness, dexterity, grip strength, and patient's overall assessment).
(17) And, apart from appearing in plays at his Belper grammar school, Bates became a regular visitor to Derby Playhouse, where he admired the work of two unknown actors, and later friends, John Osborne and John Dexter.
(18) Through dexterous operation of the Shinkai6500's mechanical arms by pilot Sasaki-san, we quickly began collecting samples of rocks, the hot fluids from the vents, and the creatures thriving around them: speckled anemones with almost-translucent tentacles, and the orange-tinted shrimp scurrying among them.
(19) Our data suggest that poorer performance may be because orthodontists: (1) perceive their younger population of patients at less risk for HBV and HIV; (2) treat 2.5 times as many patients, which increases the costs of infection control; (3) do not use invasive procedures; and (4) perceive that glove use decreases dexterity.
(20) The interaction of noise and heat entailed superior performance of the tasks of memory and search, two hand coordination and reaction time, at moderate difficulty levels, but no distinct interaction effect was observed on the performance of tweezer dexterity.