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verb (used without object)
1.
to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
2.
to go below the surface of the water, as a submarine.
3.
to plunge, fall, or descend through the air, into the earth, etc.: The acrobats dived into nets.
4.
Aeronautics. (of an airplane) to descend rapidly.
5.
EXPANDto penetrate suddenly into something, as with the hand: to dive into one's purse.
6.
to dart: to dive into a doorway.
7.
COLLAPSEto enter deeply or plunge into a subject, activity, etc.
verb (used with object)
8.
to cause to plunge, submerge, or descend.
9.
to insert quickly; plunge: He dived his hand into his pocket.
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Dive
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noun
10.
an act or instance of diving.
11.
a jump or plunge into water, especially in a prescribed way from a diving board.
12.
the vertical or nearly vertical descent of an airplane at a speed surpassing the possible speed of the same plane in level flight.
13.
a submerging, as of a submarine or skindiver.
14.
EXPANDa dash, plunge, or lunge, as if throwing oneself at or into something: He made a dive for the football.
15.
a sudden or sharp decline, as in stock prices.
16.
Informal. a dingy or disreputable bar or nightclub.
17.
COLLAPSEBoxing. a false show of being knocked out, usually in a bout whose result has been prearranged: to take a dive in an early round.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English diven to dive, dip, Old English dȳfan to dip (causative of dūfan to dive, sink); cognate with Old Norse dȳfa dip, German taufen to baptize; akin to dip
before 900; Middle English diven to dive, dip, Old English dȳfan to dip (causative of dūfan to dive, sink); cognate with Old Norse dȳfa dip, German taufen to baptize; akin to dip
Related forms
post·dive, adjective
pre·dive, adjective
un·der·dive, noun
un·der·dive, verb (used without object), -dived or -dove, -dived, -div·ing.
Usage note
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. EXPANDIt 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.
COLLAPSE
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. EXPANDIt 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.
COLLAPSE
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Word Origin & History
diva
"distinguished woman singer," 1883, from It. diva "goddess, fine lady," from L. diva "goddess," fem. of divus "divine (one)."
EXPANDdive
emerged 13c. from O.E. dufan "to dive, duck, sink" (intransitive, class II strong verb; past tense deaf, pp. dofen) and dyfan "to dip, submerge" (weak, transitive), from P.Gmc. *dubijanan. Past tense dove is a later formation, perhaps on analogy of drive/drove. Sense of "disreputable bar" is first recorded
Amer.Eng. 1871, perhaps because they were usually in basements, and going into one was both a literal and figurative "diving." Related: Diver; diving.
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