Pronunciations (2)
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/daɪv/
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ˈdaɪv
Verb
To swim under water.
Usage- Intransitive
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He dove in the water to save her.
To jump into water head-first.
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It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.
To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
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to dive into home plate
To descend sharply or steeply.
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[the Hammersmith & City at Paddington]: There it dived underground, eventually enabling its train services to run over, and be entangled with, the easterly extensions of the Metropolitan and the District.
To lose altitude quickly by pointing downwards, as with a bird or aircraft.
Usage- Intransitive
To undertake with enthusiasm.
Usage- especially
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She dove right in and started making improvements.
To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
To leap while fielding to take a brilliant catch which usually results in a wicket and appreciation.
To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
Usage- Transitive
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To dive an infant either thrice or but once in Baptism
To explore by diving; to plunge into.
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The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of flame.
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The green lane is the school-boy's friend, / Low leaves his quarrel apprehend, / […] / The brimming brook invites a leap, / He dives the hollow, climbs the steep.
To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
Usage- Figurative
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dive into the Concerns of all about them
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Noun
A jump or plunge into water.
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the dive of a hawk after prey
A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
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The 24-year-old Brazilian hurdler Joao Vitor de Oliveira progressed to the Rio competition’s semi-finals by executing a Superman-style dive headfirst over the finishing line – beating South Africa’s Antonio Alkana by one hundredth of a second.
A downward swooping motion.
A swim under water.
A decline.
A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
Usage- Slang
Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
A deliberate fall after a challenge.
Noun
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
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a headlong plunge into water
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a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
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Verb
drop steeply
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the stock market plunged
plunge into water
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I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool
swim under water
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the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells