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dive
[ dahyv ]
/ daÉŖv /
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verb (used without object), dived or dove, dived, divĀ·ing.
verb (used with object), dived or dove, dived, divĀ·ing.
to cause to plunge, submerge, or descend.
to insert quickly; plunge: He dived his hand into his pocket.
noun
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Origin of dive
First recorded before 900; Middle English diven āto dive, dip,ā Old English dyĢfan āto dipā (causative of dÅ«fan āto dive, sinkā); cognate with Old Norse dyĢfa āto dip,ā German taufen āto baptizeā; akin to dip1
usage note for dive
Both dived and dove are standard as the past tense of dive. Dived, historically the older form, is somewhat more common in edited writing, but dove occurs there so frequently that it also must be considered standard: The rescuer dove into 20 feet of icy water. Dove is an Americanism that probably developed by analogy with alternations like drive, drove and ride, rode. It is the more common form in speech in the northern United States and in Canada, and its use seems to be spreading. The past participle of dive is always dived.
OTHER WORDS FROM dive
postĀ·dive, adjectivepreĀ·dive, adjectiveunĀ·derĀ·dive, noununĀ·derĀ·dive, verb (used without object), unĀ·derĀ·dived or unĀ·derĀ·dove, unĀ·derĀ·dived, unĀ·derĀ·divĀ·ing.Words nearby dive
divagate, divalent, divan, divaricate, divaricator, dive, dive-bomb, dive bomber, dive bombing, dive brake, Divehi
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British Dictionary definitions for dive
dive
/ (daÉŖv) /
verb dives, diving or dived or US dove or dived (mainly intr)
noun
Word Origin for dive
Old English dӯfan; related to Old Norse dӯfa to dip, Frisian dīvi; see deep, dip
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