dive
v.
jump into water (especially headfirst); go underwater, submerge; descend rapidly to earth; enter into quickly, plunge
n.
plunge, submersion; dubious nightclub, sleazy nightclub
Dive
Dive (and diving) is a word that can have several meanings: In the context of
aquatics:
Underwater diving refers to the practice of swimming underwater
Scuba diving refers to the practice of swimming underwater with breathing apparatus.
Diving refers to the sport of jumping head first into a body of water or pool, with an emphasis on acrobatics and/or height of the dive.Diving can refer to the act of a
submarine or other submersible vehicle going below the surface of the water.Diving can refer to the act of
marine mammals and other animals which are normally not aquatic, but go underwater from time to time.
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Dive (Maaya Sakamoto album)
DIVE is also the short name for the Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment, a freely available
CVE software from the
Swedish Institute of Computer Science.DIVE is the second studio album released by Japanese singer
Maaya Sakamoto. As the first album, Yoko Kanno produced this album as well. Lyrics for four of the album's 11 songs were written by Sakamoto (Heavenly Blue was co-written with Tim Jensen).
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dive
Noun
1. a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
(synonym) honkytonk
(hypernym) cabaret, nightclub, club, nightspot
2. a headlong plunge into water
(synonym) diving
(hypernym) swimming, swim
(hyponym) belly flop, belly flopper, belly whop, belly whopper
3. a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
(synonym) nose dive
(hypernym) descent
(hyponym) power dive
Verb
1. drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
(synonym) plunge, plunk
(hypernym) descend, fall, go down, come down
(hyponym) power-dive
(verb-group) plunge, dump
2. plunge into water; "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"
(hypernym) submerge, submerse
(hyponym) belly-flop
(derivation) diving
(classification) water sport, aquatics
3. swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
(hypernym) swim
(hyponym) skin-dive
(derivation) diver, frogman, underwater diver
diva
Noun
1. a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
(synonym) prima donna
(hypernym) opera star, operatic star
diva (f)
n.
diva, prima donna
divo (m)
n.
star, celebrity (especially an actor or athlete)
Dive
(v. t.)
To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
(v. t.)
To explore by diving; to plunge into.
(v. i.)
To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.
(v. i.)
Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
(n.)
A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.
(n.)
A place of low resort.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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