Dive has 10 different meanings across 2 categories:
Noun
· Verb
Noun
1
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
"The tourists avoided the dive on Third Street, preferring to stay in well-lit bars instead."
2
a headlong plunge into water
"The swimmer executed a perfect dive, entering the pool with a headlong plunge into the cool water."
3
a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
"The pilot initiated a sharp dive to gain altitude quickly before catching up with the other plane."
4
A jump or plunge into water.
"The ancient text refers to a divine being as a dive, an obsolete spelling of the Zoroastrian term daeva."
In plain English: A dive is an acrobatic jump where you fall backward into water while bending your body and kicking your legs up behind you.
"The big wave caused everyone to hold their breath until they saw him make an amazing dive into the water."
Verb
1
drop steeply
"the stock market plunged"
2
plunge into water
"I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"
3
swim under water
"the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
4
To swim under water.
"The diver dove into the pool and swam underwater to retrieve the lost goggles."
Example Sentences
"The big wave caused everyone to hold their breath until they saw him make an amazing dive into the water."
noun
"The sudden dive of the stock market shocked investors around the world."
noun
"He took a refreshing dive into the cool pool on a hot summer day."
noun
"Her career had a brief but dramatic dive before she found success again."
noun
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Origin
The word "dive" comes from Middle English, which merged two Old English verbs meaning "to dip or immerse" and "to duck or sink." Its roots trace back to Proto-Germanic, where it originally described the action of plunging into water.