dive

IPA: dˈaɪv

A jump or plunge into water.
A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
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.
Obsolete form of daeva. [(Zoroastrianism) A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature.]

(intransitive) To swim under water.
(intransitive) To jump into water head-first.
(intransitive) To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
(intransitive) To descend sharply or steeply.
(intransitive) To lose altitude quickly by pointing downwards, as with a bird or aircraft.
(intransitive, especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
(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.
(intransitive, figuratively) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

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