BELLY DANCE

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Meaning:

A Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen

Synonyms:

belly dance; belly dancing; danse du ventre

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("belly dance" is a kind of...):

choreography; stage dancing (a show involving artistic dancing)

Derivation:

belly dance (perform a belly dance)

Meaning:

Perform a belly dance

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "belly dance" is one way to...):

dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)

Domain category:

dance; dancing; saltation; terpsichore (taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

They belly dance

Derivation:

belly dance (a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen)