Dive Definition
dīv
diva, dived, dives, diving, dove
verb
dived, dives, diving, dove
To plunge headfirst into water.
Webster's New World
To execute a dive in athletic competition.
American Heritage
To participate in the sport of competitive diving.
American Heritage
To explore or penetrate by or as by diving.
Webster's New World
To go underwater; submerge, as a submarine or skin diver.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
noun
dives
A plunge into water headfirst; esp., any of various formalized plunges performed as in a competition.
Webster's New World
Any sudden plunge or submersion.
Webster's New World
The act or an instance of going under water, as of a submarine or a skin diver.
American Heritage
A sharp descent or sudden drop, as of an airplane.
Webster's New World
A cheap, disreputable saloon, gambling place, etc.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
take a dive
- to lose a prizefight purposely by pretending to get knocked out
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Dive
Origin of Dive
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From Middle English diven, duven, from the merger of Old English dȳfan (“to dip, immerse”, transitive weak verb) (from Proto-Germanic *dūbijaną) and dūfan (“to duck, dive, sink, penetrate”, intransitive strong verb) (past participle ġedofen). Cognate with Icelandic dýfa (“to dip, dive”), Low German bedaven (“covered, covered with water”). See also deep, dip.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English diven from Old English dȳfan to dip, and from dūfan to sink dheub- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Wiktionary
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