Verb
She dove into the swimming pool.
The children like to dive off the boat.
The competitors will be diving from the highest platform.
Many people enjoy diving on the island’s coral reefs.
You can’t dive in this water without a wet suit.
The submarine can dive to 3,000 feet.
The whale dove down to deeper water.
Noun
She practiced her dives for the competition.
This will be my first dive on a coral reef.
She has done dives all around the world.
The crew of the submarine prepared for a dive.
The jet rolled into a dive.
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English diven, duven, from the merger of Old English dȳfan (“to dip, immerse”, transitive weak verb) (from Proto-Germanic *dūbijaną) and dūfan (“to duck, dive, sink, penetrate”, intransitive strong verb) (past participle ġedofen). Cognate with Icelandic dýfa (“to dip, dive”), Low German bedaven (“covered, covered with water”). See also deep, dip.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /daɪv/
- Rhymes: -aɪv
Verb[edit]
dive (third-person singular simple present dives, present participle diving, simple past dived or (chiefly U.S. and Canada) dove, past participle dived or (chiefly U.S. and Canada) dove or (dialectal) doven)
- (intransitive) To swim under water.
- (intransitive) To jump into water head-first.
- 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic
- It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.
- 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic
- (intransitive) To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
- (intransitive) To descend sharply or steeply.
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2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger’s history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 49:
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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.
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- (intransitive, especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
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She dove right in and started making improvements.
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- (sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one’s opponent penalised.
- (transitive) To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
- (transitive) To explore by diving; to plunge into.
- 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning
- The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of flame.
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1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “May-Day”, in May-Day and Other Pieces, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 20:
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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.
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- 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning
- (intransitive, figuratively) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
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1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:
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dive into the Concerns of all about them
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Usage notes[edit]
The past tense dove is found chiefly in North American English, where it is used alongside the regular (and earlier) dived, with regional variations; in British English dived is the standard past tense, dove existing only in some dialects. Some speakers express uncertainty about what the past participle should be;[1] dove is relatively rare as a past participle. (Compare Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary; The American Heritage Dictionary; The Cambridge Guide to English Usage)
Conjugation[edit]
Translations[edit]
to swim under water
- Arabic: غَاصَ (ḡāṣa)
- Assamese:
- Central: ডুব মাৰা (dubo mara)
- Eastern: ডুব মৰা (dubo mora)
- Belarusian: ныра́ць impf (nyrácʹ), нырну́ць pf (nyrnúcʹ)
- Bulgarian: гмуркам се (gmurkam se)
- Catalan: capbussar-se (ca), nedar (ca), bussejar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 潛水/潜水 (zh) (qiánshuǐ)
- Czech: potopit (cs)
- Danish: dykke (da)
- Dutch: duiken (nl), onderwaterzwemmen
- Esperanto: (1) plonĝi, (1) subakviĝi
- Faroese: kava
- Finnish: sukeltaa (fi)
- French: nager (fr), plonger (fr)
- Galician: mergullar (gl)
- Georgian: ყვინთვა (q̇vintva), ჩაყვინთვა (čaq̇vintva)
- German: tauchen (de)
- Hebrew: צלל (he) (tsalál)
- Hungarian: búvárkodik (hu)
- Icelandic: kafa
- Italian: immergersi (it)
- Japanese: 潜る (ja) (くぐる, kuguru, もぐる, moguru)
- Korean: 잠수하다 (ko) (jamsuhada)
- Latgalian: nirkuot
- Latin: urinor
- Latvian: nirt, ņurkot
- Luxembourgish: dauchen
- Manchu: ᡶᡠᡵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (furimbi)
- Maori: ruku
- Nanai: пурин-
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: dykke
- Nynorsk: dykka
- Old English: dūfan
- Polish: nurkować (pl) impf, zanurkować pf
- Portuguese: mergulhar (pt)
- Quechua: ch’ultikuy
- Rapa Nui: ruku
- Russian: ныря́ть (ru) impf (nyrjátʹ), нырну́ть (ru) pf (nyrnútʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: roniti (sh)
- Spanish: bucear (es)
- Swedish: dyka (sv)
- Thai: ดำ (th) (dam)
- Turkish: dalmak (tr)
- Ukrainian: ниря́ти impf (nyrjáty)
- Uzbek: suvga
- Vietnamese: lặn (vi)
to jump into water
- Arabic: غَطْسَ (ḡaṭsa), يقفز الى الماء
- Moroccan Arabic: غطس (ḡṭas), نقز فالما (naqqaz f-el-mā)
- Assamese: ডুব দে (dubo de)
- Belarusian: ныра́ць impf (nyrácʹ), нырну́ць pf (nyrnúcʹ)
- Catalan: capbussar-se (ca)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 跳水 (tiu3 seoi2)
- Mandarin: 跳水 (zh) (tiàoshuǐ)
- Dutch: duiken (nl)
- Esperanto: plonĝi
- Finnish: sukeltaa (fi)
- French: plonger (fr)
- Galician: mergullar (gl)
- German: ins Wasser springen
- Greek: κατάδυση (el) (katádysi)
- Hebrew: קפץ ראש (kafáts rosh)
- Italian: tuffarsi
- Japanese: 飛び込む (とびこむ, tobikomu)
- Korean: 뛰어들다 (ko) (ttwieodeulda)
- Latin: (literally, to jump down headfirst) praeceps dēsiliō
- Latvian: nirt
- Maori: titipou, tūpou (mi), tirikohu, tiripou
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: stupe
- Polish: dawać nura impf, dać nura pf, nurkować (pl) impf, zanurkować pf
- Portuguese: mergulhar (pt)
- Rapa Nui: ruku
- Romanian: plonja (ro)
- Russian: ныря́ть (ru) impf (nyrjátʹ), нырну́ть (ru) pf (nyrnútʹ)
- Spanish: (please verify) hacer un clavado (es) , zambullirse (es)
- Swedish: dyka (sv)
- Ukrainian: пірна́ти impf (pirnáty), пірну́ти pf (pirnúty)
- Uzbek: suvga
- Walloon: plonkî (wa)
to descend
- Bulgarian: потапям се (potapjam se)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 驟降/骤降 (zh) (zhòujiàng), 暴跌 (zh) (bàodiē)
- Dutch: (please verify) duiken (nl), (please verify) een duikvlucht maken (nl)
- Esperanto: plonĝi
- Finnish: sukeltaa (fi), laskeutua (fi)
- French: plonger (fr)
- German: abtauchen (de)
- Hebrew: לצלול (litzlol)
- Polish: zanurzać się (pl) impf, zanurzyć się (pl) pf
- Portuguese: despencar (pt)
- Russian: погружа́ться (ru) impf (pogružátʹsja), погрузи́ться (ru) pf (pogruzítʹsja), пики́ровать (ru) impf or pf (pikírovatʹ) (of aircraft, birds)
- Spanish: descender (es)
- Swedish: dyka (sv)
undertake enthusiastically
- Dutch: duiken (nl)
- Finnish: uppoutua (fi)
- French: se plonger (fr)
- Russian: погружа́ться (ru) impf (pogružátʹsja), погрузи́ться (ru) pf (pogruzítʹsja), уйти́ с голово́й pf (ujtí s golovój) (idiom), окуну́ться (ru) pf (okunútʹsja)
- Swedish: dyka (sv) (in)
sports: imitate a foul
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Danish: filme (da)
- Dutch: een schwalbe maken, een fopduik maken, fopduiken (nl)
- Finnish: filmata (fi)
- French: chiquer (fr), jouer la comédie (fr)
- German: eine Schwalbe machen (de)
- Hebrew: לצלול (litzlol)
- Italian: please add this translation if you can
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: filme (no)
- Portuguese: simular (pt)
- Russian: ныря́ть (ru) impf (nyrjátʹ), симули́ровать (ru) impf (simulírovatʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: tirarse a la piscina
- Swedish: filma (sv)
Translations to be checked
References[edit]
- ^ Albright, Adam, «Lexical and morphological conditioning of paradigm gaps».
Noun[edit]
dive (plural dives)
- A jump or plunge into water.
- the dive of a hawk after prey
- A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
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2016 August 16, Kate Samuelson, “Here Are Other Athletes Who Famously Won with a Dive”, in Time[1]:
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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.
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- A downward swooping motion.
- A swim under water.
- A decline.
- (slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
- (aviation) Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
- (sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
Translations[edit]
a jump into water
- Bulgarian: скок във вода m (skok vǎv voda)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 跳水 (tiu3 seoi2)
- Dutch: duik (nl) m
- Finnish: sukellus (fi)
- French: plongeon (fr) m
- Galician: mergullo m
- Greek: βουτιά (el) f (voutiá)
- Indonesian: meloncat ke dalam air
- Italian: tuffo (it) m
- Portuguese: mergulho (pt) m
- Romanian: plonjare (ro) f
- Russian: ныро́к (ru) m (nyrók), прыжо́к (ru) m (pryžók)
- Spanish: clavado (es), zambullida (es) f, piscinazo (es) m
- Swedish: dyk (sv) n
a swim under water
- Bulgarian: гмуркане n (gmurkane)
- Dutch: duik (nl) m
- Finnish: sukellus (fi)
- French: plongée (fr) f
- Galician: mergullo m
- German: Tauchen n
- Hebrew: צלילה (he) f (tzlila)
- Indonesian: menyelam (id)
- Italian: immersione (it) f
- Korean: 무자맥질 (mujamaekjil), 잠수(潛水) (ko) (jamsu), 잠수(潜水) (ko) (jamsu))
- Portuguese: mergulho (pt) m
- Romanian: scufundare (ro) f
- Spanish: buceo (es)
- Swedish: dyk (sv) n
a decline
- Bulgarian: спускане (bg) n (spuskane)
- Finnish: lasku (fi)
- French: plongée (fr) f
- Italian: caduta (it) f
- Portuguese: queda (pt) f
- Romanian: alunecare (ro) f
seedy bar
- Dutch: kelderrestaurant, buurtcafé (nl) n
- Finnish: räkälä (fi)
- French: gargote (fr) f, bouge (fr) m, boui-boui (fr) m
- German: Spelunke (de) f
- Polish: knajpa (pl) f, speluna (pl) f, mordownia (pl) f, melina (pl) f, spelunka (pl) f, dziura (pl) f, nora (pl) f
- Portuguese: antro (pt) m (Brazil), inferninho m (Brazil)
- Russian: каба́к (ru) m (kabák), забега́ловка (ru) f (zabegálovka), пивну́шка (ru) f (pivnúška)
- Spanish: antro (es) m, bareto m
deliberate fall after a challenge
- Catalan: estirada (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 插水 (caap3 seoi2)
- Mandarin: 假摔 (jiǎshuāi)
- Dutch: schwalbe (nl), fopduik (nl) m
- Finnish: näytteleminen (fi), filmaaminen (fi)
- French: chiqué (fr) m, comédie (fr) f
- German: Schwalbe (de)
- Italian: simulazione (it) f
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian Bokmål: filming, simulering
- Portuguese: simulação (pt) f
- Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: piscinazo (es) m, piletazo m
- Swedish: filmning (sv)
- Thai: การพุ่งล้ม
Derived terms[edit]
- back dive
- backward dive
- crash dive
- crash-dive
- deep dive
- deep-dive
- dive bar
- dive boat
- dive bomber
- dive brick
- dive computer
- dive in
- dive-under
- divebomb, dive-bomb
- dolphin dive
- duck and dive
- duck dive
- dumpster dive
- forward dive
- full dive
- nose-dive
- nosedive
- power dive
- sailor dive
- saturation dive
- scuba diving
- skin-dive
- skydive, skydiving
- stage dive
- stage-dive
- swallow dive
- swandive/swan-dive/swan dive
- take a dive
- updive
Etymology 2[edit]
From Italian dive; see diva.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈdiːveɪ/
Noun[edit]
dive
- plural of diva
Etymology 3[edit]
Noun[edit]
dive (plural dives)
- Obsolete form of daeva.
Anagrams[edit]
- Devi, I’d’ve, vide, vidê, vied
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): [ˈɟɪvɛ]
Noun[edit]
dive
- vocative singular of div
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.ve/
- Rhymes: -ive
- Hyphenation: dì‧ve
Noun[edit]
dive f
- plural of diva
Anagrams[edit]
- devi, vedi, vide
Latin[edit]
Adjective[edit]
dīve
- vocative masculine singular of dīvus
dive 1
(dīv)
v. dived or dove (dōv), dived, div·ing, dives
v.intr.
1.
a. To plunge, especially headfirst, into water.
b. To execute a dive in athletic competition.
c. To participate in the sport of competitive diving.
2.
a. To go toward the bottom of a body of water: We dove down to check the anchor.
b. To engage in the sport of scuba diving.
c. To submerge under power. Used of a submarine.
3.
a. To fall head down through the air.
b. To descend nose down at an acceleration usually exceeding that of free fall. Used of an airplane.
c. To engage in the sport of skydiving.
4. To drop sharply and rapidly; plummet: Stock prices dove 100 points in a single day of trading.
5.
a. To rush headlong and vanish into something: The fugitive dove into the crowd and escaped.
b. To plunge one’s hand into something: dove into the cookie jar.
6. To lunge or leap headfirst: dove for the loose ball.
7. To plunge into an activity or enterprise with vigor and gusto.
8. Sports To exaggerate a fall in an attempt to induce a referee to call a penalty on an opponent.
v.tr.
1. To cause (an aircraft, for example) to dive.
2. To go scuba-diving to or along: We dove that reef last week.
n.
1.
a. A plunge into water, especially done headfirst and in a way established for athletic competition.
b. The act or an instance of going under water, as of a submarine or a skin diver.
c. A nearly vertical descent at an accelerated speed through the air.
2. A rapid or abrupt decrease: Stock prices took a dive.
3.
a. Slang A disreputable or run-down bar or nightclub.
b. A run-down residence.
4. Sports
a. A knockout feigned by a prizefighter: The challenger took a dive.
b. An exaggerated fall, especially by a hockey player, intended to draw a penalty against an opponent.
5.
a. A lunge or a headlong jump: made a dive to catch the falling teacup.
b. Football An offensive play in which the carrier of the ball plunges into the opposing line in order to gain short yardage.
[Middle English diven, from Old English dȳfan, to dip, and from dūfan, to sink; see dheub- in Indo-European roots.]
Usage Note: Either dove or dived is acceptable as the past tense of dive. In our 2008 survey 92 percent of the Usage Panel accepted dove and 72 percent accepted dived in the sentence. Keeping their New Year’s Day tradition, the L Street Brownies dove/dived into Dorchester Bay this morning. This may seem odd considering that dived is actually the older form. In fact, the emergence of dove runs against the general tendency of change in English verb forms. Old English had two classes of verbs: strong verbs, whose past tense was indicated by a change in their vowel (a process that survives in such present-day English verbs as drive/drove and fling/flung); and weak verbs, whose past was formed with a suffix related to -ed in Modern English (as in present-day English live/lived and move/moved). Dive comes from one of these weak verbs. Since the Old English period, many verbs have changed from the strong pattern to the weak one; for example, the past tense of step, formerly stop, became stepped. Over the years, in fact, the weak pattern has become so prevalent that we use the term regular to refer to verbs that form their past tense by suffixation of -ed. However, there have occasionally been changes in the other direction: the past tense of wear, now wore, was once werede, and that of spit, now spat, was once spitede. The development of dove is an additional example of the small group of verbs that have swum against the historical tide.
di·ve 2
(dē′vā)
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dive
(daɪv)
vb (mainly intr) , dives, diving or dived, dove or dived
1. to plunge headfirst into water
2. (Nautical Terms) (of a submarine, swimmer, etc) to submerge under water
3. (Aeronautics) (also tr) to fly (an aircraft) in a steep nose-down descending path, or (of an aircraft) to fly in such a path
4. to rush, go, or reach quickly, as in a headlong plunge: he dived for the ball.
5. (also tr; foll by in or into) to dip or put (one’s hand) quickly or forcefully (into): to dive into one’s pocket.
6. (usually foll by: in or into) to involve oneself (in something), as in eating food
7. (Soccer) 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
n
8. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) a headlong plunge into water, esp one of several formalized movements executed as a sport
9. (Swimming, Water Sports & Surfing) an act or instance of diving
10. (Nautical Terms) an act or instance of diving
11. (Aeronautics) a steep nose-down descent of an aircraft
12. slang a disreputable or seedy bar or club
13. (Boxing) boxing slang the act of a boxer pretending to be knocked down or out: he took a dive in the fourth round.
14. (Soccer) soccer slang the act of a player pretending to have been tripped or impeded
[Old English dӯfan; related to Old Norse dӯfa to dip, Frisian dīvi; see deep, dip]
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dive
(daɪv)
v. dived dove, dived, div•ing, v.i.
1. to plunge into water, esp. headfirst.
2. to submerge, as a submarine.
3. to plunge, fall, or descend through the air, into the earth, etc.: The acrobats dived into nets.
4. (of an airplane) to descend rapidly.
5. to penetrate suddenly into something, as with the hand: to dive into one’s purse.
6. to dart: to dive into a doorway.
7. to enter deeply or plunge into a subject, activity, etc.
v.t.
8. to cause to plunge, submerge, or descend.
n.
9. an act or instance of diving.
10. a jump or plunge into water, esp. in a prescribed way from a diving board.
11. the steep, rapid descent of an airplane at a speed far exceeding that in level flight.
12. a submerging, as of a submarine or skindiver.
13. a dash, plunge, or lunge, as if throwing oneself at or into something.
14. a sudden or sharp decline, as in stock prices.
15. Informal. a dingy or disreputable bar or nightclub.
16. (in boxing) a false show of being knocked out, usu. in a bout whose result has been prearranged.
[before 900; Middle English: to dive, dip, Old English dȳfan to dip]
usage: Both dived and dove are standard as the past tense of dive. dived, the older form, is somewhat more common in edited writing, but dove occurs there so frequently that it also must be considered standard. 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 U.S. and in Canada, and its use seems to be spreading. The past participle of dive is always dived.
Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
dive
If you dive, you jump head-first into water with your arms straight above your head.
He taught me to swim and dive and water-ski.
You also use dive to say that someone jumps or rushes in a particular direction.
You can dive off left into St James’s Place.
In British English, the past tense for both senses of ‘dive’ is dived. In American English, it is dived or dove (/dəʊv/).
She dived into the water and swam away.
I dove right in after her.
The cashier dived for cover when a gunman opened fire.
Many survivors, though dazed, immediately dove into the debris to free the injured.
Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012
dive
Past participle: dived
Gerund: diving
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dive |
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I dive |
you dive |
he/she/it dives |
we dive |
you dive |
they dive |
Preterite |
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I dived |
you dived |
he/she/it dived |
we dived |
you dived |
they dived |
Present Continuous |
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I am diving |
you are diving |
he/she/it is diving |
we are diving |
you are diving |
they are diving |
Present Perfect |
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I have dived |
you have dived |
he/she/it has dived |
we have dived |
you have dived |
they have dived |
Past Continuous |
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I was diving |
you were diving |
he/she/it was diving |
we were diving |
you were diving |
they were diving |
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I had dived |
you had dived |
he/she/it had dived |
we had dived |
you had dived |
they had dived |
Future |
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I will dive |
you will dive |
he/she/it will dive |
we will dive |
you will dive |
they will dive |
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I will have dived |
you will have dived |
he/she/it will have dived |
we will have dived |
you will have dived |
they will have dived |
Future Continuous |
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I will be diving |
you will be diving |
he/she/it will be diving |
we will be diving |
you will be diving |
they will be diving |
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I have been diving |
you have been diving |
he/she/it has been diving |
we have been diving |
you have been diving |
they have been diving |
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I will have been diving |
you will have been diving |
he/she/it will have been diving |
we will have been diving |
you will have been diving |
they will have been diving |
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I had been diving |
you had been diving |
he/she/it had been diving |
we had been diving |
you had been diving |
they had been diving |
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I would dive |
you would dive |
he/she/it would dive |
we would dive |
you would dive |
they would dive |
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I would have dived |
you would have dived |
he/she/it would have dived |
we would have dived |
you would have dived |
they would have dived |
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun | 1. | dive — a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
honkytonk cabaret, night club, nightclub, nightspot, club — a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink; «don’t expect a good meal at a cabaret»; «the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night»; «he played the drums at a jazz club» |
2. | dive — a headlong plunge into water
diving swim, swimming — the act of swimming; «it was the swimming they enjoyed most»: «they took a short swim in the pool» belly flop, belly flopper, belly whop, belly whopper — a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water cliff diving — diving into the water from a steep overhanging cliff flip — a dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water full gainer, gainer — a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board half gainer — a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward and up to complete a half backward somersault and enters the water facing the diving board jackknife — a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out swallow dive, swan dive — a dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the water |
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3. | dive — a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
nose dive, nosedive descent — the act of changing your location in a downward direction power dive — a dive of an airplane that is accelerated both by gravity and by the power of the engine |
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Verb | 1. | dive — drop steeply; «the stock market plunged»
plunge, plunk power-dive — make a power dive; «The airplane power-dived» nosedive — plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft duck — submerge or plunge suddenly crash-dive — descend steeply and rapidly chute, parachute, jump — jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute come down, descend, go down, fall — move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; «The temperature is going down»; «The barometer is falling»; «The curtain fell on the diva»; «Her hand went up and then fell again» dump, plunge — fall abruptly; «It plunged to the bottom of the well» |
2. | dive — plunge into water; «I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool»
aquatics, water sport — sports that involve bodies of water belly-flop — dive so that one hits the water with one’s belly jackknife — dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife submerge, submerse — sink below the surface; go under or as if under water |
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3. | dive — swim under water; «the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells»
swim — travel through water; «We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore»; «a big fish was swimming in the tank» skin-dive — swim underwater with no breathing apparatus other than a snorkel snorkel — dive with a snorkel |
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
dive
noun
2. (Slang) sleazy bar, joint (slang), nightclub, honky-tonk (U.S. slang), drinking den, drinking joint We’ve played in all the dives about here.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
dive
verb
1. To move or thrust at, under, or into the midst of with sudden force:
2. To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price:
Idiom: take a sudden downtrend.
noun
1. The act of plunging suddenly downward into or as if into water:
2. A sudden involuntary drop to the ground:
3. A usually swift downward trend, as in prices:
decline, descent, dip, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble.
4. Slang. A disreputable or run-down bar or restaurant:
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Translations
غاصغطسغَطْسغَوْصَه، غَطْسَهيَخْتَفي فَجْأَةً وبِسُرْعَه
skočit do vodyskočit střemhlavskokskok do vodyzapadnout
dykkedykningforsvinde hovedkulshovedspringudspring
sukellussukeltaa
ronitiskok u vodu
búvárkodik
dÿfa, dÿfingskjótaststinga sér
飛び込む潜る飛び込み
다이빙다이빙하다
gelsvai žalia spalvageltonkraštė dūsianarasnėrimas į vandenįsmukti
niršananirtpēkšņi nozust
skočiť strmhlav
potopiti seskočiti
dykafilmadyk
การดำน้ำดำน้ำ
lao đầu xuống nướcsự lặn
dive
[daɪv]
A. N
4. (Ftbl) → estirada f
to take a dive (Ftbl) → tirarse a la piscina (dejarse caer deliberadamente con la intención de conseguir un tiro libre o un penalty)
6. (pej) (= club etc) → garito m
Collins Spanish Dictionary — Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
dive
[ˈdaɪv]
n
(pejorative) (= café, bar) → bouge m
vi
to dive into sth (= plunge hand into) [+ bag, drawer] → plonger la main dans qchdive-bomb [ˈdaɪvbɒm] vt [plane] [+ area, city] → bombarder en piquédive bomber dive-bomber [ˈdaɪvbɒmər] n (= plane) → bombardier m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
dive
vb: pret <dived or (US) dove>, ptp <dived>
n
(pej inf: = club etc) → Spelunke f (inf); dive bar (esp US inf) → Schmuddelkneipe f
dive
:
dive bomber
n → Sturzkampfbomber m, → Stuka m
dive bombing
n → Sturzkampfbombardierung f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
dive
[daɪv]
2. vi
b. (fam) (move quickly) to dive into (doorway, hole) → buttarsi dentro; (car, taxi) → saltare su
he dived into the crowd → si tuffò or si lanciò tra la folla
he dived for cover → si è buttato al riparo
he dived for the exit → si è lanciato or precipitato verso l’uscita
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
dive
(daiv) verb
1. to plunge headfirst into water or down through the air. He dived off a rock into the sea.
2. to go quickly and suddenly out of sight. She dived down a back street and into a shop.
noun
an act of diving. She did a beautiful dive into the deep end of the pool.
ˈdiver noun
a person who dives, especially one who works under water using special breathing equipment.
ˈdiving-board noun
a platform from which to dive, erected beside a swimming-pool.
great diving beetle
a water insect that carries a bubble of air under its wing cover for breathing when it is under water.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
dive
→ غَطْس, يَغْطِسُ skočit do vody, skok do vody dykke, dykning Kopfsprung, tauchen βουτιά, βουτώ salto, zambullida, zambullirse sukellus, sukeltaa plongeon, plonger roniti, skok u vodu tuffarsi, tuffo 飛び込み, 飛び込む 다이빙, 다이빙하다 duik, duiken stup, stupe skok do wody, zanurkować mergulhar, mergulho нырять, прыжки в воду dyk, dyka การดำน้ำ, ดำน้ำ dalış, dalmak lao đầu xuống nước, sự lặn 跳水
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
- Where is the best place to dive?
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dive n
пикирование
angle of dive
угол пикирования
dive flap
тормозной щиток
dive speed
скорость пикирования
pull out from dive
выводить из пикирования
shallow dive
пологое пикирование
spinning dive
крутое пикирование
spiral dive
пикирование по спирали
English-Russian aviation dictionary > dive
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dive in
dive in а) нырять The water’s quite deep enough to dive in. б) coll. актив-но начинать какую-л. деятельность Dinner’s ready, dive in, everybody! When theargument started I wanted to dive in.
Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > dive in
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dive [daɪv]
1) ныря́ние, прыжо́к в во́ду
4) внеза́пное исчезнове́ние
5)
разг.
дешёвый рестора́н, «подва́льчик»
6)
амер.
ви́нный погребо́к; кабачо́к; прито́н
1) ныря́ть; броса́ться в во́ду
4) броса́ться вниз
5) внеза́пно скры́ться и́з виду, шмы́гнуть;
6)
разг.
су́нуть ру́ку (в сумку, в карман)
7) уходи́ть с голово́й, углубля́ться ( в работу
и т.п.
)
Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > dive
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Персональный Сократ > dive
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dive погружение; ныряние; пикирование; погружаться; нырять; пикировать
English-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > dive
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Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary > dive
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dive
1. n прыжок в воду; нырок
2. n внезапное движение; прыжок; рывок, бросок
3. n мор. погружение
4. n ав. пикирование
5. n разг. винный погребок; пивнушка; «забегаловка»; притон
6. n дешёвый ресторанчик, закусочная
7. n подземный тоннель
8. v прыгать в воду; нырять
9. v бросаться, прыгать вниз
10. v мор. погружаться
11. v ав. пикировать
12. v исчезать, скрываться из виду; броситься, шмыгнуть
13. v окунаться, погружаться, уходить с головой; углубляться
14. v засовывать, запускать руку
15. v разг. лазить по карманам
16. v редк. плавать под водой, проныривать
Синонимический ряд:
1. bar or club (noun) bar; bar or club; beer garden; billiard parlor; cabaret; cafй; coffee house; coffee shop; night club
4. fall (noun) decline; descent; dip; downslide; downswing; downturn; drop; drop-off; fall; pitch; skid; slide; slump; spill; sprawl; swoop; tumble
5. plunge (noun) headlong jump; headlong leap; jump; leap; lunge; plunge; spring; sudden dip
6. drop (verb) burst; dip; drive; drop; lunge; pitch; plunge; sink; skid; slump; tumble
7. plummet (verb) disappear; fall; go headfirst; jump; jump down; jump headfirst; nose-dive; plummet; submerge
English-Russian base dictionary > dive
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Англо-русский синонимический словарь > dive
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dive
I [daɪv]
1.;
прош. вр.
,
прич.
прош. вр. dived, dove
1) нырять, бросаться в воду
He dove / dived in and saved her life. — Он бросился в воду и спас ей жизнь.
Syn:
2) бросаться, прыгать вниз
Syn:
4) нырять с аквалангом; заниматься дайвингом
The company’s share price dived 19 % overnight. — Акции компании мгновенно упали на 19%.
Syn:
7)
разг.
бросаться ; нырять ; исчезать из виду; шмыгать
The goalkeeper dived for the ball but missed it. — Голкипер бросился за мячом, но упустил его.
I was following the man when he dived into a small restaurant and I lost track of him. — Я шёл за ним, но вдруг он юркнул в какой-то ресторанчик, и я его потерял.
разг.
приниматься ; погружаться, уходить с головой
to dive into one’s work / studies — уходить с головой в работу, учёбу
Dinner’s ready, dive in, everybody! — Обед готов, принимайтесь за еду!
9)
разг.
засовывать, запускать руку
2.
сущ.
1) нырок; прыжок
Syn:
2) быстрое движение; прыжок; рывок, бросок
to make a dive into smb.’s pocket — запустить руку в чей-л. карман
Escaping, the thief made a dive into the nearest shop. — Спасаясь от погони, вор нырнул в ближайший магазин.
He made a dive across the place. — Он бросился на другую сторону.
Syn:
Syn:
The price took a 30% dive last year. — В прошлом году цена упала на 30%.
Syn:
6)
разг.
захудалый ресторан; дешёвая закусочная; грязная забегаловка, пивнушка; ночной клуб ; притон
спорт.
симуляция нокаута
The challenger took a dive. — Претендент симулировал нокаут.
9)
спорт.
симуляция, картинное падение
II [‘diːveɪ]
от diva
Англо-русский современный словарь > dive
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dive
daɪv
1. сущ.
1) о быстром движении вниз а) прыжок в воду, нырок;
прыжок вообще;
тж. перен. A pick-pocket, who made a dive into my pocket. ≈ Карманный вор залез ко мне в карман. to make a dive ≈ нырять back dive ≈ прыжок ногами вниз headfirst dive ≈ прыжок вниз головой high dive ≈ прыжок с вышки Syn: plunge б) погружение( о подводной лодке) a crash dive Syn: submerging, submersion в) авиац. пикирование dive-brake Syn: descent, nosedive
2) перен. о быстром движении, особенно сделанном с целью скрыться Escaping, the thief made a dive into the nearest shop. ≈ Спасаясь от погони, вор нырнул в ближайший магазин. He made a dive across the place. ≈ Он побежал на другую сторону площади.
3) место, куда спускаются а) разг. дешевый ресторан, «подвальчик» б) амер. нелегальный кабак, притон (расположенный в полуподвале или подвале) Ordinary saloons and unlicensed dives did a rushing trade. ≈ В обыкновенных салунах и в незаконных притонах дела шли бойко. dive-keeper ∙ take a dive
2. гл.;
прош. вр. тж. dove диал.
1) а) нырять, бросаться в воду;
расш. бросаться вниз;
топить, окунать, макать что-л. или кого-л. в воду, кидать что-л. или кого-л. вниз to dive headfirst ≈ нырять вниз головой He dove in and saved her life. ≈ Он нырнул и спас ей жизнь. Syn: descend, plunge б) погружаться( о подводной лодке) Syn: submerge в) авиац. пикировать He could feel the airship diving down, down, down. ≈ Он чувствовал, что воздушное судно пикирует. — dive-bomb — dive-bomber г) совать руку куда-л.;
суж. сл. заниматься карманными кражами He dived a hand into the suitcase. ≈ Он сунул руку в чемодан.
2) быстро ускользать, быстро смешиваться с толпой, пропадать из вида The Highlanders had dived into their mountain recesses. ≈ Горцы попрятались в своих горных логовах. Syn: dart, disappear
3) перен. углубляться, уходить вглубь чего-л. The king had been diving into the collection of the canons. ≈ Король занимался скрупулезным изучением коллекции пушек. Syn: penetrate ∙ dive in dive into
прыжок в воду (обыкн. головой) ;
нырок — compulsory *s обязательные прыжки в воду — highboard *s прыжки с вышки — surface /duck/ * проныривание — running * прыжок с разбега — to take a (running) * прыгнуть в воду (с разбега), нырнуть( с разбега) — to take a * into the midst of things( образное) окунуться в гущу событий внезапное движение;
прыжок;
рывок, бросок — to make a * into a shop нырнуть в лавку, заскочить в магазин — to make a * for shelter броситься в укрытие — he made a * into his pocket его рука скользнула в карман (морское) погружение (подводной лодки) (авиация) пикирование (тж. vertical *, nose *) — * angle угол пикирования — to pull the plane out of a * вывести самолет из пике( разговорное) винный погребок;
пивнушка;
«забегаловка»;
притон дешевый ресторанчик, закусочная( в подвальном помещении) — oyster * устричный ресторанчик подземный тоннель (для транспорта) прыгать в воду;
нырять — to * for pearls нырять за жемчугом бросаться, прыгать вниз (морское) погружаться (о подводной лодке) (авиация) пикировать — to * down on the enemy спикировать на врага /на войска противника/ исчезать, скрываться из виду;
броситься, шмыгнуть — to * into the bushes юркнуть в кусты — to * down an alley исчезнуть в глубине аллеи — to * for shelter броситься в укрытие окунаться, погружаться, уходить с головой( во что-л.) ;
углубляться — to * into one’s work с головой уйти в работу засовывать, запускать руку — to * (one’s hand) into one’s pocket сунуть /запустить/ руку в карман (разговорное) лазить по карманам (редкое) плавать под водой, проныривать
dive бросаться вниз ~ амер. винный погребок;
кабачок;
притон ~ внезапно скрыться из виду, шмыгнуть;
to dive into the bushes юркнуть в кусты ~ внезапное исчезновение ~ разг. дешевый ресторан, «подвальчик» ~ ныряние, прыжок в воду ~ нырять;
бросаться в воду ~ ав. пикирование ~ ав. пикировать ~ погружаться (о подводной лодке) ~ погружение (подводной лодки) ~ прыжок (вниз) ~ сунуть руку (в воду, в карман) ~ углубляться (в лес, работу и т. п.)
~ внезапно скрыться из виду, шмыгнуть;
to dive into the bushes юркнуть в кусты
swallow ~ прыжок в воду ласточкойБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > dive
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1. [daıv]
1. прыжок в воду (
головой); нырок
compulsory [free] dives — обязательные [произвольные] прыжки в воду
highboard [springboard] dives — прыжки с вышки [с трамплина]
surface /duck/ dive — проныривание
running [standing] dive — прыжок с разбега [с места]
to take a (running) dive — прыгнуть в воду (с разбега), нырнуть (с разбега)
2. внезапное движение; прыжок; рывок, бросок
to make a dive into a shop — нырнуть в лавку; заскочить в магазин
4.
пикирование (
vertical dive, nose dive)
5. 1)
винный погребок; пивнушка; «забегаловка»; притон
2) дешёвый ресторанчик, закусочная ()
2. [daıv]
1. прыгать в воду; нырять:
2. бросаться, прыгать вниз
to dive down on the enemy — спикировать на врага /на войска противника/
5. исчезать, скрываться из виду; броситься, шмыгнуть
6. окунаться, погружаться, уходить с головой (); углубляться
7. 1) засовывать, запускать руку
to dive (one’s hand) into one’s pocket [into a box] — сунуть /запустить/ руку в карман [в коробку]
8.
плавать под водой, проныривать
НБАРС > dive
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[daɪv]
dive бросаться вниз dive амер. винный погребок; кабачок; притон dive внезапно скрыться из виду, шмыгнуть; to dive into the bushes юркнуть в кусты dive внезапное исчезновение dive разг. дешевый ресторан, «подвальчик» dive ныряние, прыжок в воду dive нырять; бросаться в воду dive ав. пикирование dive ав. пикировать dive погружаться (о подводной лодке) dive погружение (подводной лодки) dive прыжок (вниз) dive сунуть руку (в воду, в карман) dive углубляться (в лес, работу и т. п.) dive внезапно скрыться из виду, шмыгнуть; to dive into the bushes юркнуть в кусты swallow dive прыжок в воду ласточкой
English-Russian short dictionary > dive
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1) dive in smth. dive in the water нырять в воду или в воде и т. д.; dive for smth. dive for, pearls нырять за жемчугом и т. д.
2) dive into smth. dive into one’s pocket сунуть руку в карман и т.д., dive into the bushes шмыгнуть / юркнуть / в кусты и т. д.; as soon as he caught sight of me he dived into a doorway как только он меня заметил, он юркнул / нырнул / в подъезд
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1. пикирование; погружение
2. нырять; пикировать
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1) погружение || погружаться
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пикирование || пикировать
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авиац.
пикирование || пикировать
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пикирование/ пикировать
full-stick dive
post-spin dive
spiral dive
zero-g dive
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verb (used without object), dived or dove, dived, div·ing.
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.
verb (used with object), dived or dove, dived, div·ing.
to cause to plunge, submerge, or descend.
to insert quickly; plunge: He dived his hand into his pocket.
noun
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.
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Origin of dive
First recorded before 900; Middle English diven “to dive, dip,” Old English dȳfan “to dip” (causative of dūfan “to dive, sink”); cognate with Old Norse dȳfa “to dip,” German taufen “to baptize”; 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
post·dive, adjectivepre·dive, adjectiveun·der·dive, nounun·der·dive, verb (used without object), un·der·dived or un·der·dove, un·der·dived, un·der·div·ing.
Words nearby dive
divagate, divalent, divan, divaricate, divaricator, dive, dive bar, dive-bomb, dive bomber, dive bombing, dive brake
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Words related to dive
dip, leap, plunge, hole, disappear, drop, duck, fall, jump, lunge, nose-dive, plummet, swoop, vanish, vault, dash, nosedive, pitch, spring, submergence
How to use dive in a sentence
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DeJoy recently shared a national chart with Congress showing on-time mail processing rates took a dive in July, though almost 95 percent is still on time or one day late, on average.
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We already dug into the fact that Bing uses user engagement metrics in its search ranking factors and we did a deeper dive into some of Bing’s ranking factors.
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The post A deeper dive into more of the Bing Search ranking factors appeared first on Search Engine Land.
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Looking across a collection of long-standing Tinuiti advertisers, tablet spend growth for Google US paid search started to take a dive in Q4 2019, going from 5% growth last Q3 to 22% decline in the final quarter of the year.
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The decline has been most acute for whiskey imports, which are down by almost 50%, with cognac and brandies seeing a similar dive.
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Not even after its parent company, the Soviet Union, took a dive in 1991.
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When used improperly those encouraging statistics take a nose dive.
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The young goslings’ first major life event is to cliff dive down to their parents, as was captured here by BBC cameras.
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We wanted to create a dedicated hub where people can dive into it and get all this commentary on the news.
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They’d never be allowed to take their clothes off and dive in the way boys do.
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Then came the end: the Titanic, with a low long slanting dive went down and with her Thomas Andrews.
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He’ll immediately throw down his bunch of flowers and dive despairingly into the moat.
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He proved that one night when we picked up a quartet of drunks at a dive on the south end of our district.
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I shoved through the door of the dive, Burke following close behind.
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Despite the speed of his dive, they were gaining on him, coming up fast; one snout that ended in a cupped depression was plain.
British Dictionary definitions for dive
verb dives, diving or dived or US dove or dived (mainly intr)
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 plungehe 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
noun
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 outhe took a dive in the fourth round
soccer slang the act of a player pretending to have been tripped or impeded
Word Origin for dive
Old English dӯfan; related to Old Norse dӯfa to dip, Frisian dīvi; see deep, dip
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