Dive meanings. All definitions of Dive

noun dive stocks, etc: sudden drop 1

noun dive soccer, football: faked fall 1

intransitive verb dive stocks, price: go down 1

intransitive verb dive submarine: go underwater 1

intransitive verb dive plane: decend nose first 1

intransitive verb dive move quickly 1

intransitive verb dive plunge into activity 1

intransitive verb dive soccer, football: pretend to fall 1

noun dive Plunge head first into water. 1

verb without object dive to plunge into water, especially headfirst. 1

verb without object dive to go below the surface of the water, as a submarine. 1

noun dive Both dived and dove are standard as the past tense of dive. Dived, historically the older form, is somewhat more common in edited writing, but dove occurs there so frequently that it also must be considered standard: The rescuer dove into 20 feet of icy water. Dove is an Americanism that probably developed by analogy with alternations like drive, drove and ride, rode. It is the more common form in speech in the northern United States and in Canada, and its use seems to be spreading. The past participle of dive is always dived. 1

verb without object dive to plunge, fall, or descend through the air, into the earth, etc.: The acrobats dived into nets. 1

verb without object dive Aeronautics. (of an airplane) to descend rapidly. 1

verb without object dive to penetrate suddenly into something, as with the hand: to dive into one's purse. 1

verb without object dive to dart: to dive into a doorway. 1

verb without object dive to enter deeply or plunge into a subject, activity, etc. 1

verb with object dive to cause to plunge, submerge, or descend. 1

verb with object dive to insert quickly; plunge: He dived his hand into his pocket. 1

noun dive an act or instance of diving. 1

noun dive a jump or plunge into water, especially in a prescribed way from a diving board. 1

noun dive the vertical or nearly vertical descent of an airplane at a speed surpassing the possible speed of the same plane in level flight. 1

noun dive a submerging, as of a submarine or skindiver. 1

noun dive a dash, plunge, or lunge, as if throwing oneself at or into something: He made a dive for the football. 1

noun dive a sudden or sharp decline, as in stock prices. 1

noun dive Informal. a dingy or disreputable bar or nightclub. 1

noun dive Boxing. a false show of being knocked out, usually in a bout whose result has been prearranged: to take a dive in an early round. 1

noun plural dive a distinguished female singer; prima donna. 1

intransitive verb dive plunge into water 1

intransitive verb dive go scuba diving 1

intransitive verb dive plunge through air 1

noun dive jump into water 1

noun dive squalid bar 1

noun dive plane: descent 1

noun dive scuba diving 1

verb dive If you dive into some water, you jump in head-first with your arms held straight above your head. 0

verb dive Dive is also a noun. 0

verb dive If you dive, you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment. 0

verb dive When birds and animals dive, they go quickly downwards, head-first, through the air or through water. 0

verb dive If an aeroplane dives, it flies or drops down quickly and suddenly. 0

verb dive If you dive in a particular direction or into a particular place, you jump or move there quickly. 0

verb dive If you dive into a bag or container, you put your hands into it quickly in order to get something out. 0

verb dive If shares, profits, or figures dive, their value falls suddenly and by a large amount. 0

countable noun dive If you describe a bar or club as a dive, you mean it is dirty and dark, and not very respectable. 0

verb dive to plunge headfirst into water 0

verb dive (of a submarine, swimmer, etc) to submerge under water 0

verb dive to fly (an aircraft) in a steep nose-down descending path, or (of an aircraft) to fly in such a path 0

verb dive to rush, go, or reach quickly, as in a headlong plunge 0

verb dive to dip or put (one's hand) quickly or forcefully (into) 0

verb dive to involve oneself (in something), as in eating food 0

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