dive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪv/
rhymes: -aɪv
Forms: form: dives
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: the dive of a hawk after prey
glosses: A jump or plunge into water.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2016 August 16, Kate Samuelson, “Here Are Other Athletes Who Famously Won with a Dive”, in Time:
glosses: A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
glosses: A downward swooping motion.
glosses: A swim under water.
glosses: A decline.
glosses: A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A deliberate fall after a challenge.
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from the noun or verb dive
word: back dive
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word: backward dive
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word: bedoven
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word: crash dive
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word: crash-dive
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word: deep dive
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word: deep-dive
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word: divable
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word: diveable
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word: dive bar
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word: dive boat
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word: divebomb
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word: dive-bomb
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word: dive bomber
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word: dive brick
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word: dive computer
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word: dive in
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word: divekeeper
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word: divemaster
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word: diver
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word: dive support vessel
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word: dive-under
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word: divewear
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word: divey
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word: dolphin dive
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word: duck and dive
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word: duck dive
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word: dumpster dive
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word: fish dive
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word: forward dive
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word: full dive
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word: Klinsmann dive
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word: nosedive
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word: nose-dive
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word: postdive
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word: power dive
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word: predive
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word: sailor dive
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word: saturation dive
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word: scuba diving
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word: skin-dive
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word: skydive
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word: skydiving
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word: stage-dive
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word: stagedive
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word: stage dive
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word: Stengel dive
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word: swallow dive
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word: swandive
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word: swan-dive
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word: swan dive
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word: take a dive
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word: undived
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word: updive