Dive

Word DIVE
Character 4
Hyphenation dive
Pronunciations /ˈdaɪv/

Definitions and meanings of "Dive"

What do we mean by dive?

To plunge, especially headfirst, into water. intransitive verb

To execute a dive in athletic competition. intransitive verb

To participate in the sport of competitive diving. intransitive verb

To go toward the bottom of a body of water. intransitive verb

To engage in the sport of scuba diving. intransitive verb

To submerge under power. Used of a submarine. intransitive verb

To fall head down through the air. intransitive verb

To descend nose down at an acceleration usually exceeding that of free fall. Used of an airplane. intransitive verb

To engage in the sport of skydiving. intransitive verb

To drop sharply and rapidly; plummet. intransitive verb

To rush headlong and vanish into something. intransitive verb

To plunge one's hand into something. intransitive verb

To lunge or leap headfirst. intransitive verb

To plunge into an activity or enterprise with vigor and gusto. intransitive verb

To exaggerate a fall in an attempt to induce a referee to call a penalty on an opponent. intransitive verb

To cause (an aircraft, for example) to dive. intransitive verb

A jump or plunge into water.

A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.

A downward swooping motion.

A swim under water.

A decline.

A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.

Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.

A deliberate fall after a challenge.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Dive

The word "dive" in example sentences

The film, which earned an "A+" CinemaScore grade, is playing very well to families, and it should continue to enjoy small drops which is a shame if you're a pun-happy box office writer dying to use the word "dive!" in the weeks to come. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Mr. Allan, whose firm has $6.5 billion in assets under management, says he began preparing clients for a downgrade and a subsequent short-term dive in equity and bond markets weeks ago. ❋ Jonathan Cheng (2011)

My aunt used to own a house not too far from Steel Pier, and I remember being able to watch the horses dive from the beach. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Each dive is different as is each piece of writing, so take each experience as it comes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the afternoon of the same day, Lee and Ida Barton made their shallow dive from the Outrigger beach, and went on, at a steady stroke, past the diving-stage to the big water beyond the Kanaka ❋ Unknown (2010)

I have seen her dive from the bridge deck – no mean feat in itself – into that six-feet of water, and fetch up no less than forty-seven coins, scattered willy-nilly over the whole bottom of the tank. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But this boy could do it – seventy feet I know he cleared in one dive from the rigging – clenched hands on chest, head thrown back, sailing more like a bird, upward and out, and out and down, body flat on the air so that if it struck the surface in that position it would be split in half like a herring. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dive is said to be equivalent to jumping off a 12-story building in a vertical free fall. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Laura Wilkinson preps for a dive from the 10 meter platform at the Olympic trials on Sunday. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They called my dive for the pin the “move of the year” and replayed it four or five times. ❋ Rey Mysterio With Jeremy Roberts (2009)

My parents worked evenings and nights in the hospital and as I was bathing him and getting him ready for bed one evening he took an unfortunate dive from the counter to the floor. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Now let us dive from the light into the obsidian murk of the Honest Public Servant WYSIWYG Gordon Brown. ❋ Newmania (2007)

They take you there when you take a boat out to see the flamingos and you can swim in the fresh water, dive from the boardwalk and swing off the rope hanging from the trees. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I'm sure most of us have spent enough time in dive bars to have met a guy like Haycraft Keebler, the protagonist of Kirby Gann's Our Napoleon in Rags. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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