ALL meanings of dives
Di·ves
D d - noun dives an act or instance of diving. 1
- noun dives a jump or plunge into water, especially in a prescribed way from a diving board. 1
- noun dives 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 dives a submerging, as of a submarine or skindiver. 1
- noun dives a dash, plunge, or lunge, as if throwing oneself at or into something: He made a dive for the football. 1
- noun dives a sudden or sharp decline, as in stock prices. 1
- noun dives Informal. a dingy or disreputable bar or nightclub. 1
- noun dives 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 without object dives to plunge into water, especially headfirst. 1
- verb without object dives to go below the surface of the water, as a submarine. 1
- verb without object dives to plunge, fall, or descend through the air, into the earth, etc.: The acrobats dived into nets. 1
- verb without object dives Aeronautics. (of an airplane) to descend rapidly. 1
- verb without object dives to penetrate suddenly into something, as with the hand: to dive into one's purse. 1
- verb without object dives to dart: to dive into a doorway. 1
- verb without object dives to enter deeply or plunge into a subject, activity, etc. 1
- verb with object dives to cause to plunge, submerge, or descend. 1
- verb with object dives to insert quickly; plunge: He dived his hand into his pocket. 1
- noun dives Plural form of dive. 1
- noun dives plural of dive. 0
- verb dives third-person singular simple present indicative form of dive. 0
- noun dives a rich man in the parable in Luke 16:19–31 0
- noun dives a very rich man 0
- noun dives the rich man in a parable: cf. Luke 16:19-31 0
- noun dives any rich man 0