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dive

/ dive /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
Type of:
descent
Kinds of:
power dive
noun Sense 2
a headlong plunge into water
Type of:
swimming swim
Kinds of:
belly flop belly flopper belly whop belly whopper cliff diving
verb Sense 3
swim under water
"the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
Type of:
swim
Kinds of:
skin-dive snorkel
Derived:
diver frogman underwater diver
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 4
plunge into water
"I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"
Type of:
submerge submerse
Kinds of:
belly-flop jackknife
Derived:
diving diver plunger
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
Domain:
water sport aquatics
verb Sense 5
drop steeply
"the stock market plunged"
Type of:
descend fall go down
Kinds of:
power-dive nosedive duck crash-dive parachute
Derived:
plunge
Verb group:
plunge dump
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 6
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
Type of:
cabaret nightclub club
Semantic Complexity
52%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
36
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

descent power dive swimming swim belly flop belly flopper belly whop belly whopper cliff diving skin-dive snorkel submerge