dive

Speech parts

1. dive - Noun

2. dive - Verb

Meaning

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

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

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

To explore by diving; to plunge into.

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

A place of low resort.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

plunge fall drop pitch diving sink descend dip submerge immerse lunge swoop pounce plunk nosedive
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Antonyms

mount dally shin tower escalade surface
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Hypernyms

club fall descent swimming swim descend

Hyponyms

duck gainer jump parachute flip chute

Phrases with the word

high dive Stengel dive dive deep dive into hopelessness dive off dive into the water

Derivatives

dived dove diving

Anagrams

devi vide vied

Examples

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is. Dennis Rodman

Be not the slave of your own past ... plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old. Ralph Waldo Emerson

You know what this is, I suppose. Religious melancholia. Stop while there is time. If you dive, you dive into insanity. C. S. Lewis

American feminism's nose dive began when Kate Millet, that imploding beanbag of poisonous self-pity, declared Freud a sexist. Trying to build a sex theory without studying Freud, women have made nothing but mud pies. Camille Paglia

He who wants pearls has to dive into the sea. Kurdish Proverb

Seeking fish? Don't dive in the pond; go home and get a net. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

divaricator divaricoside divast dive bar dive boat dive bomber