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RAIN DANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rain dance mean? 

RAIN DANCE (noun)
  The noun RAIN DANCE has 1 sense:

1. a ritual dance intended to bring rainplay

  Familiarity information: RAIN DANCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAIN DANCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A ritual dance intended to bring rain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

ceremonial dance; ritual dance; ritual dancing (a dance that is part of a religious ritual)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rain dance"):

corn dance (a rain dance of Amerindians)

Hawaiian dancing; hula; hula-hula (a Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman)


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