ALL meanings of dived
dive
D d - noun dived Simple past tense and past participle of dive (scuba diving). 1
- verb without object dived to plunge into water, especially headfirst. 1
- verb without object dived to go below the surface of the water, as a submarine. 1
- verb without object dived to plunge, fall, or descend through the air, into the earth, etc.: The acrobats dived into nets. 1
- verb without object dived Aeronautics. (of an airplane) to descend rapidly. 1
- verb without object dived to penetrate suddenly into something, as with the hand: to dive into one's purse. 1
- verb without object dived to dart: to dive into a doorway. 1
- verb without object dived to enter deeply or plunge into a subject, activity, etc. 1
- verb with object dived to cause to plunge, submerge, or descend. 1
- verb with object dived to insert quickly; plunge: He dived his hand into his pocket. 1
- noun dived an act or instance of diving. 1
- noun dived a jump or plunge into water, especially in a prescribed way from a diving board. 1
- noun dived 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 dived a submerging, as of a submarine or skindiver. 1
- noun dived a dash, plunge, or lunge, as if throwing oneself at or into something: He made a dive for the football. 1
- noun dived a sudden or sharp decline, as in stock prices. 1
- noun dived Informal. a dingy or disreputable bar or nightclub. 1
- noun dived 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
- verb dived past participle of dive (jump head-first). 0