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rain dances

rain dances is the plural of rain dance.

Meaning of rain dance

Noun

rain dance (plural rain dances)

  1. A ceremonial dance intended to provoke rain.
    • The women stripped naked and took part in a rain-dance, a girl being chosen for the sacrificial victim.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 180
  2. (broadly) Any sequence of actions performed in order to provoke rain.
  3. (broadly) Any sequence of arbitrary actions performed in order to achieve a goal.

Questions about rain dances

What is rain dances the plural of?
Rain dances is the plural of rain dance.

Words near rain dances in the dictionary

  1. rain collar
  2. rain collars
  3. rain crow
  4. rain crows
  5. rain dance
  6. rain dances
  7. rain day
  8. rain days
  9. rain death
  10. rain death upon
  11. rain delay

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