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Meaning of rain dance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain.
  2. Any sequence of actions performed in order to provoke rain.
    broadly
  3. Any sequence of arbitrary actions performed in order to achieve a goal.
    broadly

Equivalents

Deutsch Regentanz
Suomi sadetanssi
Français danse de la pluie
Português dança da chuva

Examples

“The women stripped naked and took part in a rain-dance, a girl being chosen for the sacrificial victim.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

rain day rain delay rain doctor rain forest rain frog rain garden

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