What does dive mean?
Definitions for dive
daɪvdive
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Princeton's WordNet
honkytonk, divenoun
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
dive, divingnoun
a headlong plunge into water
dive, nose dive, nosediveverb
a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
dive, plunge, plunkverb
drop steeply
"the stock market plunged"
diveverb
plunge into water
"I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"
diveverb
swim under water
"the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
Wiktionary
divenoun
Plural form of diva.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Diveverb
To explore by diving.
Then Brutus, Rome’s first martyr I must name,
The Curtii bravely div’d the gulph of fame. John Denham.To DIVEverb
Etymology: dippan, Saxon.
I am not yet informed, whether when a diver diveth, having his eyes open, and swimeth upon his back, he sees things in the air greater or less. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 76.
Around our pole the spiry dragon glides,
And, like a winding stream, the Bears divides,
The less and greater; who, by fate’s decree,
Abhor to dive beneath the Southern sea. John Dryden, Virg. Georg.That the air in the blood-vessels of live bodies has a communication with the outward air, I think, seems plain, from the experiments of human creatures being able to bear air of much greater density in diving, and of much less upon the tops of mountains, provided the changes be made gradually. Arb.
Crocodiles defend those pearls which lie in the lakes: the poor Indians are eaten up by them, when they dive for the pearl. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.
The knave deserves it, when he tempts the main,
Where folly fights for kings, or dives for gain. Alexander Pope, Essays.The wits that div’d most deep, and soar’d most high,
Seeking man’s powers, have found his weakness such. Davies.He performs all this out of his own fund, without diving into the arts and sciences for a supply. Dryden.
Whensoever we would proceed beyond those simple ideas, and dive farther into the nature of things, we fall presently into darkness and obscurity. John Locke.
You swim a-top, and on the surface strive;
But to the depths of nature never dive. Richard Blackmore.You should have div’d into my inmost thoughts. Phillips.
Sweet prince, th’ untainted virtue of your years
Hath not yet div’d into the world’s deceit,
Nor can you distinguish. William Shakespeare, Rich III.Dive thoughts down to my soul, here Clarence comes. William Shakespeare, Richard III.
Wikipedia
Dive
Dive is a song by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. It was included on his third studio album ÷ (2017). After the album's release it charted at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart.
ChatGPT
dive
A dive refers to the action of plunging headfirst into water, usually done in a precise and skillful way, or exploring underwater areas, especially in scuba diving. In a broader context, it can also refer to a sudden or sharp decrease or drop in level or value, or a hurried or rapid movement to escape something.
Webster Dictionary
Diveverb
to plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid
Diveverb
fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore
Diveverb
to plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck
Diveverb
to explore by diving; to plunge into
Divenoun
a plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively
Divenoun
a place of low resort
Etymology: [OE. diven, duven, AS. dfan to sink, v. t., fr. dfan, v. i.; akin to Icel. dfa, G. taufen, E. dip, deep, and perh. to dove, n. Cf. Dip.]
Wikidata
Dive
Dive is a Belgian industrial music band formed in 1990 by Dirk Ivens. Dive's "audio trademark" is the experimental sound of abused drum machines, pulsating through crackling distortion on almost every song.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dive
dīv, v.i. to dip or plunge into water: to go headlong into a recess, forest, &c.: to plunge or go deeply into any matter.—n. a plunge into water: a swoop.—n. Div′er, one who dives: a pearl-diver: one who works from a diving-bell or in a diving-dress beneath water: a bird expert at diving—specifically, the genus diver or loon of northern seas—loosely, auks, grebes, penguins, &c.: (slang) a pickpocket. [A.S. dýfan, dúfan; Ice. dýfa. See Dip.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
DIVE
A gambler's retreat. DIVIDENDS A gambler's reward.
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British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'dive' in Verbs Frequency: #1073
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dive in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of dive in a Sentence
We watched the Super Bowl half time show, and we picked it apart : Hey, I really love the way they've made the moment happen, same thing when there's an Olympics. We really try to dive deep on award shows through the entire year for how they shoot their content.
What I would like to find out first is, the people in this district and Northeastern Pennsylvania -- what is it exactly that I can do for them, what issues are here in this areathat we can fix before I dive into policy.
If the Dow takes a dive of 30%, guess what? your equity ETF is likely going to take a dive, too.
When the divers are flipping through the air, they are grabbing onto their legs and squeezing very tight, if their legs are wet, then there's a good possibility that... their hands will slip off their legs and they will come out of the dive early -- which could result in injury and almost always lower scores.
I think one of the things that we struggle with is that you cant see it daily. You cant grasp the magnitude of it, but its still a national treasure for us and we should value it as such, this project, in particular, is going to take a lot more humans and dive power, as I like to call it, to actually achieve these numbers and the scale that we want to start working at.
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- غطس, يقفز الى الماء, غاص, يغوصArabic
- ныра́ць, нырну́цьBelarusian
- гмуркам се, потапям се, гмуркане, пикиране, спусканеBulgarian
- estiradaCatalan, Valencian
- Schwalbe, abtauchen, TauchenGerman
- κατάδυση, βουτιάGreek
- subakviĝi, plonĝiEsperanto
- antro, buceo, clavado, bucearSpanish
- filmaaminen, näytteleminen, sukellus, sukeltaaFinnish
- chiquer, plonger, plongée, piqué, nager, gargote, plongeonFrench
- לצלול, קפץ ראש, צלילה, צללHebrew
- selamIndonesian
- immergersi, tuffarsiItalian
- 飛び込む, 潜るJapanese
- 뛰어들다, 잠수, 잠수하다, 무자맥질Korean
- desilire, urinariLatin
- dauchenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ņurkot, nirtLatvian
- filming, simuleringNorwegian
- schwalbe, onderwaterzwemmen, kelderrestaurant, duikenDutch
- nurkowaćPolish
- inferninho, antro, simular, mergulhar, cair, mergulho, quedaPortuguese
- sări, alunecare, scufundare, plonjareRomanian
- погружа́ться, нырну́ть, уйти́ с голово́й, ныря́ть, нырять, симули́ровать, пике, нырнуть, погрузи́тьсяRussian
- dyka, dyk, filma, filmningSwedish
- การพุ่งล้มThai
- ниря́тиUkrainian
- suvgaUzbek
- lặnVietnamese
- 假摔, 插水Chinese
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