dive
to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
to go below the surface of the water, as a submarine.
to plunge, fall, or descend through the air, into the earth, etc.: The acrobats dived into nets.
Aeronautics. (of an airplane) to descend rapidly.
to penetrate suddenly into something, as with the hand: to dive into one's purse.
to dart: to dive into a doorway.
to enter deeply or plunge into a subject, activity, etc.
to cause to plunge, submerge, or descend.
to insert quickly; plunge: He dived his hand into his pocket.
an act or instance of diving.
a jump or plunge into water, especially in a prescribed way from a diving board.
the vertical or nearly vertical descent of an airplane at a speed surpassing the possible speed of the same plane in level flight.
a submerging, as of a submarine or skin diver.
a dash, plunge, or lunge, as if throwing oneself at or into something: He made a dive for the football.
a sudden or sharp decline, as in stock prices.
Slang.
a dingy or disreputable bar or nightclub: Grab a beer with some locals at the dive on the corner.
any shabby, run-down place, especially a residence.
Boxing. a false show of being knocked out, usually in a bout whose result has been prearranged: to take a dive in an early round.
Also called simulated contact .Soccer. a dramatic fall or feigned injury intended to persuade officials to penalize the opposing team: His dive fooled the ref into giving his team a free kick.
Origin of dive
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Other words from dive
- post·dive, adjective
- pre·dive, adjective
- un·der·dive, noun
- un·der·dive, verb (used without object), un·der·dived or un·der·dove, un·der·dived, un·der·div·ing.
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How to use dive in a sentence
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Not even after its parent company, the Soviet Union, took a dive in 1991.
When used improperly those encouraging statistics take a nose dive.
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Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen came the end: the Titanic, with a low long slanting dive went down and with her Thomas Andrews.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowHe'll immediately throw down his bunch of flowers and dive despairingly into the moat.
First Plays | A. A. MilneHe proved that one night when we picked up a quartet of drunks at a dive on the south end of our district.
I shoved through the door of the dive, Burke following close behind.
Despite the speed of his dive, they were gaining on him, coming up fast; one snout that ended in a cupped depression was plain.
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British Dictionary definitions for dive
/ (daɪv) /
to plunge headfirst into water
(of a submarine, swimmer, etc) to submerge under water
(also tr) to fly (an aircraft) in a steep nose-down descending path, or (of an aircraft) to fly in such a path
to rush, go, or reach quickly, as in a headlong plunge: he dived for the ball
(also tr; foll by in or into) to dip or put (one's hand) quickly or forcefully (into): to dive into one's pocket
(usually foll by in or into) to involve oneself (in something), as in eating food
soccer slang (of a footballer) to pretend to have been tripped or impeded by an opposing player in order to win a free kick or penalty
a headlong plunge into water, esp one of several formalized movements executed as a sport
an act or instance of diving
a steep nose-down descent of an aircraft
slang a disreputable or seedy bar or club
boxing slang the act of a boxer pretending to be knocked down or out: he took a dive in the fourth round
soccer slang the act of a player pretending to have been tripped or impeded
Origin of dive
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