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verb-intransitive. To plunge, especially headfirst, into water.

verb-intransitive. To execute a dive in athletic competition.

verb-intransitive. To participate in the sport of competitive diving.

verb-intransitive. To go toward the bottom of a body of water; submerge.

verb-intransitive. To engage in the activity of scuba diving.

verb-intransitive. To submerge under power. Used of a submarine.

verb-intransitive. To fall head down through the air.

verb-intransitive. To descend nose down at an acceleration usually exceeding that of free fall. Used of an airplane.

verb-intransitive. To engage in the sport of skydiving.

verb-intransitive. To drop sharply and rapidly; plummet: Stock prices dove 100 points in a single day of trading.

verb-intransitive. To rush headlong and vanish into: dive into a crowd.

verb-intransitive. To plunge one's hand into.

verb-intransitive. To lunge: dove for the loose ball.

verb-intransitive. To plunge into an activity or enterprise with vigor and gusto.

v. To cause (an aircraft, for example) to dive.

n. A plunge into water, especially done headfirst and in a way established for athletic competition.

n. The act or an instance of submerging, as of a submarine or a skin diver.

n. A nearly vertical descent at an accelerated speed through the air.

n. A quick, pronounced drop.

n. Slang A disreputable or run-down bar or nightclub.

n. A run-down residence.

n. Sports A knockout feigned by prearrangement between prizefighters: The challenger took a dive.

n. Sports An exaggerated fall, especially by a hockey player, intended to draw a penalty against an opponent.

n. A lunge or a headlong jump: made a dive to catch the falling teacup.

n. Football An offensive play in which the carrier of the ball plunges into the opposing line in order to gain short yardage.

n. A plural of diva.

n. Plural form of diva.

v. To swim under water.

v. To jump into water head-first.

v. To descend sharply or steeply.

v. To undertake with enthusiasm.

v. To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.

v. To cause to descend, dunk.

n. A jump or plunge into water.

n. A swim under water.

n. A decline.

n. A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.

n. Aerial descend with the nose pointed down.

n. A deliberate fall after a challenge.

verb-intransitive. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

verb-intransitive. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

v. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.

v. To explore by diving; to plunge into.

n. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.

n. A place of low resort.

To descend or plunge head first into water; thrust the body suddenly into water or other fluid; plunge deeply: as, to dive for shells.

To make a plunge in any way; plunge suddenly downward or forward, especially so as to disappear: as, to dive down a precipice or into a forest.

To plunge or enter deeply into something that engrosses the attention; engage deeply in anything: as, to dive to the bottom of a subject; to dive into the whirl of business.

To explore by diving.

n. A descent or plunge head first into water or other fluid; a “header”: as, a dive from a spring-board.

n. A sudden attack or swoop: as, to make a dive.

n. A disreputable place of resort, where drinking and other forms of vice are indulged in, and, commonly, vulgar entertainments are given: so called because often situated in basements or other half-concealed places into which the resorters may “dive” with little risk of observation.

v. plunge into water

v. drop steeply

v. swim under water

n. a headlong plunge into water

n. a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

n. a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall

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disappear    resort   

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penetrate    explore    dip    duck   

Clive    Dr    Dr.    alive    arrive    clyve    connive    contrive    deprive    derive   

plunge    bird    leap    flight    jump    shoot    pigeon    eagle    fall    thrust