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Meaning of rain dance | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain.
Any sequence of actions performed in order to provoke rain.
broadly
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.

See also

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