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    LONGWAYS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Country dancing performed with couples in two long lines facing each otherplay

    Synonyms:

    longways; longways dance

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("longways" is a kind of...):

    contra danse; contradance; contredanse; country-dance; country dancing (a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line)

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

    reel; Virginia reel (an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines)

     II. (adverb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    In the direction of the lengthplay

    Example:

    He cut the paper lengthwise

    Synonyms:

    lengthways; lengthwise; longitudinally; longways; longwise

    Classified under:

    Adverbs

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