dive
noun
- aerial maneuver in which the aircraft loses altitude rapidly by pointing the nose down
- act of dropping, plunging rapidly
verb
- enter [water] from some height above
- to drop, plunge
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /daɪv/
noun
- Obsolete form of daeva.
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To swim under water.
“He dove in the water to save her.”
- To jump into water head-first.
“It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.”
- To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
“to dive into home plate”
- To descend sharply or steeply.
“[the Hammersmith & City at Paddington]: There it dived underground, eventually enabling its train services to run over, and be entangled with, the easterly extensions of the Metropolitan and the District.”
- To lose altitude quickly by pointing downwards, as with a bird or aircraft.
- To undertake with enthusiasm.
“She dove right in and started making improvements.”
- To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
- To leap while fielding to take a brilliant catch which usually results in a wicket and appreciation.
- To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
“To dive an infant either thrice or but once in Baptism”
- To explore by diving; to plunge into.
“The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of flame.”
“The green lane is the school-boy's friend, / Low leaves his quarrel apprehend, / […] / The brimming brook invites a leap, / He dives the hollow, climbs the steep.”
- To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
“dive into the Concerns of all about them”
“Google says this lets AI Mode recommend more diverse sources, produce deeper answers to more complex queries, dives deeper – and you have the ability to ask follow-up questions.”