Assertion: kingfisher | /r/CapableOf | dive into the water
Facets:
value: to bathe
type: PURPOSE
value: to catch the fish
type: PURPOSE
value: obliquely
type: MANNER
value: at the speed of lightning
type: MANNER
value: straight down
type: MANNER
value: from such a perch
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to wash
type: PURPOSE
value: quickly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Cleanliness is important to Kingfishers; they will dive into the water to bathe, then fly to a perch to preen and dry their feathers in the sunlight.
text: And he’d seen kingfishers dive into water, creating hardly a splash.
text: They close their eyes as they dive into the water, so they are fishing blind!
text: They then dive into the water to catch the fish.
text: Kingfisher dives into the water.
text: Cleanliness is necessary to Kingfishers; they may dive into the water to wash, then fly to a perch to preen and dry their feathers within the daylight.
text: Cleanliness is important to Kingfishers; they will dive into the water to bathe, then fly to a perch to preen and dry their feathers in the sunlight.
text: Cleanliness is important to Kingfishers; they will dive into the water to bathe, then fly to a perch to preen and dry their feathers in the sunlight.
text: Cleanliness is important to Kingfishers; they will dive into the water to bathe, then fly to a perch to preen and dry their feathers in the sunlight.
text: It prefers to perch motionless when hunting for fish, but sometimes the Kingfisher will hover over its prey and then quickly dive into the water.
text: Cleanliness is important to Kingfishers; they will dive into the water to bathe, then fly to a perch to preen and dry their feathers in the sunlight.
text: They dive straight down into the water from high above at the speed of lightning and come out holding a fish in their beak.
text: From such a perch the bird may dive obliquely into the water to seize the fish in its powerful bill; or, rising 30 or 40 feet into the air and scanning the water below it in more active pursuit of its prey, it may stop and hover for a few seconds, with rapidly vibrating wings, and then make a straight or spiral dive directly downward, disappearing beneath the water sometimes for several seconds.