Dive
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English
Verb
Dive (third-person singular simple present dives, present participle diving, simple past and past participle dived or dove)
- To swim under water.
- To jump into water head-first.
- To descend sharply or steeply.
- (especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
- She dove right in and started making improvements.
- (sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised
- To cause to descend, dunk
Notes
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. As a past participle, dove is relatively rare. (Compare Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary; The American Heritage Dictionary; The Cambridge Guide to English Usage)
Related terms
Noun
Dive (plural Dives)- A jump or plunge into water.
- A swim under water.
- A decline.
- (slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
- (aviation) Aerial descend with the nose pointed down.
- (sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
Related terms
Noun
dive
- Plural form of diva.
Adverbs for Dive
spectacularly; gracefully; unerringly; precipitately; abruptly; harrowingly; thrillingly; bravely; courageously.
Thesaurus
abate, ablate, acrobatics, aerobatics, alehouse, bagnio, banking, bar, barrel house, barroom, bate, bathe, bawdyhouse, be eaten away, beat down, beer garden, beer parlor, belly buster, belly flop, belly whopper, bistro, blind tiger, bordello, bound, break, break water, breaking water, brothel, burst, cabaret, cafe, cannonball, catabasis, cathouse, chandelle, cheapen, cheapening, clip joint, club, cocktail lounge, collapse, consume, consume away, corrode, countersink, crabbing, crash, crash dive, crib, cropper, crumble, culbute, cut, cut prices, deceleration, declension, decline, decline and fall, decrease, decrescendo, deepen, deflate, deflation, deliquesce, den, den of thieves, den of vice, depreciate, depreciation, depress, descend, devaluate, devaluation, die away, dig, diminish, diminuendo, dip, disorderly house, diving, downtrend, downturn, dramshop, drill, drinking saloon, drive, drop, drop off, duck, dump, dwindle, dwindling, ebb, erode, excavate, fall, fall away, fall in price, fall off, fishtailing, fleshpots, float, flood negative, flood the tanks, flop, forced landing, gainer, gin mill, give way, glide, go below, go in swimming, go in wading, go under, groggery, grogshop, gyp joint, hangout, header, hole, honky-tonk, house of assignation, house of joy, house of prostitution, impel, jackknife, jew down, joint, jump, lair, languish, lapse, leap, lessen, let up, local, lose altitude, lounge, lower, lowering, lunge, mark down, markdown, melt away, mine, move, nightclub, nose dive, nose-dive, nosedive, panel den, panel house, parachute, parachute jump, pare, pitch, plop, plummet, plummeting, plump, plunge, plunk, pothouse, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, power dive, pratfall, price cut, price fall, price reduction, pub, public, public house, pull-up, pullout, pushdown, rathskeller, red-light district, reduce, reduction, remission, retreat, rig for diving, rolling, rumshop, run low, running dive, sag, saloon, saloon bar, settle, shave, shrink, sideslip, sink, sink of iniquity, skin-dive, skinny-dip, sky dive, sky-dive, slash, slowdown, slump, sound, speakeasy, spill, spiral, sporting house, sprawl, spring, stall, stationary dive, stew, stews, stoop, stumble, stunting, submerge, submergence, subside, subsidence, surface, surfacing, swan dive, swim, swoop, swoop down, tactical maneuvers, tail off, take a header, taproom, tavern, tenderloin, tread water, trim, trip, tumble, tunnel, volplane, wade, wane, waste, waste away, wear, wear away, whorehouse, wine shop, zoom
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From merged meanings of the Old English weak verb dyfan and strong verb dufan.
Etymology 2
From Italian; see diva.
Translations
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Noun
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
dive f.
- Plural form of diva.
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
dīve
- vocative masculine singular of dīvus
