Diving

Word DIVING
Character 6
Hyphenation div ing
Pronunciations /ˈdaɪvɪŋ/

Definitions and meanings of "Diving"

What do we mean by diving?

To swim under water.

To jump into water head-first.

To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.

To descend sharply or steeply.

(especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.

To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.

To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.

To explore by diving; to plunge into.

To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Diving

The word "diving" in example sentences

Scuba diving is the closest I've ever come to religious ecstasy, to visiting an alien world, to becoming a weightless, disembodied spirit flying over a scene of perfect beauty -- and this captures that sensation neatly. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I mean, the greatest thing about deep sea diving is the massive greasy water towers falling from space. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Scuba diving is all about seeing what is under the water and it is exciting when you see something new or beautiful and you can capture that in a peaceful moment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It attempts to explain how scuba diving is a form of meditation for me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Scuba diving is a science and requires excellent communications between teacher and student - it's a matter of safety. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It was a weird-looking garment, as it was intended to fit on outside the armour arrangement which he called his diving suit; but it was merely intended to exclude the water, and when it was finished and fitted I saw that it would serve its purpose perfectly well, and there seemed to be no reason why he should not be able to work in it at the bottom of the sea perfectly well. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

While he was in France he made what he called a diving-boat. ❋ Unknown (1882)

Very, very interested in diving into the full story of Personal Effects: Dark Art. I think it's the start of something big with regard to tiered storytelling. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Throughout the year, I practice regularly with rifle & pistol, but diving is a great part of what I enjoy and I hope to remain a cold-water diver as long as the Good Lord permits me to do so. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After depositing our groceries, we met a couple of friends and sauntered back downtown for lunch at Ayala's and then decided to travel to Tenacatita, a Mexico beach, for skin diving, and after a pleasant dip we had a chilled beer, then it was time to head home and think about dinner. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I live in the Pacific Northwest, and most of my scuba diving is done in the Puget Sound, but we dive on the West Coast from Orange County to British Columbia and witness seasonal grey whale migrations as well as orca activity among the pods in the (Puget) Sound. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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