dive
IPA: dˈaɪv
noun
- 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.]
verb
- (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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