dive
dive /d'aɪv/ (dives diving dived)
American English sometimes uses the form dove, pronounced /d'oʊv/ for the past tense.
1 [VERB] V into n, V in, V
If you dive into some water, you jump in head-first with your arms held straight above your head.
He tried to escape by diving into a river...
She was standing by a pool, about to dive in...
Joanne had just learnt to dive.
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Dive is also a noun.
Pat had earlier made a dive of 80 feet from the Chasm Bridge.
2 [VERB] V
If you dive, you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment.
Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms.
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Dive is also a noun.
This sighting occurred during my dive to a sunken wreck off Sardinia.
3 [VERB] V
When birds and animals dive, they go quickly downwards, head-first, through the air or through water.
...a pelican which had just dived for a fish...
4 [VERB] V prep/adv, also V
If an aeroplane dives, it flies or drops down quickly and suddenly.
He was killed when his monoplane stalled and dived into the ground.
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Dive is also a noun.
Witnesses said the plane failed to pull out of a dive and smashed down in a field.
5 [VERB] V prep/adv
If you dive in a particular direction or into a particular place, you jump or move there quickly.
They dived into a taxi...
= leap
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Dive is also a noun.
He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim's legs to try to trip him up.
6 [VERB] V into n
If you dive into a bag or container, you put your hands into it quickly in order to get something out.
She dived into her bag and brought out a folded piece of paper.
7 [VERB] V, V from/to/by amount, V amount
If shares, profits, or figures dive, their value falls suddenly and by a large amount. (JOURNALISM)
If we cut interest rates, the pound would dive...
Profits have dived from £7.7m to £7.1m...
The shares dived 22p to 338p.
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Dive is also a noun.
Stock prices took a dive.
8 [N-COUNT]
If you describe a bar or club as a dive, you mean it is dirty and dark, and not very respectable. (INFORMAL)dive bomb|er (dive bombers)
also dive-bomber
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You can refer to a plane that flies down low over a place in order to drop bombs on it as a dive bomber.
The port had been attacked by German dive bombers for the past five days.
American English sometimes uses the form dove, pronounced /d'oʊv/ for the past tense.
1 [VERB] V into n, V in, V
If you dive into some water, you jump in head-first with your arms held straight above your head.
He tried to escape by diving into a river...
She was standing by a pool, about to dive in...
Joanne had just learnt to dive.
[N-COUNT]
Dive is also a noun.
Pat had earlier made a dive of 80 feet from the Chasm Bridge.
2 [VERB] V
If you dive, you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment.
Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms.
[N-COUNT]
Dive is also a noun.
This sighting occurred during my dive to a sunken wreck off Sardinia.
3 [VERB] V
When birds and animals dive, they go quickly downwards, head-first, through the air or through water.
...a pelican which had just dived for a fish...
4 [VERB] V prep/adv, also V
If an aeroplane dives, it flies or drops down quickly and suddenly.
He was killed when his monoplane stalled and dived into the ground.
[N-COUNT]
Dive is also a noun.
Witnesses said the plane failed to pull out of a dive and smashed down in a field.
5 [VERB] V prep/adv
If you dive in a particular direction or into a particular place, you jump or move there quickly.
They dived into a taxi...
= leap
[N-COUNT]
Dive is also a noun.
He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim's legs to try to trip him up.
6 [VERB] V into n
If you dive into a bag or container, you put your hands into it quickly in order to get something out.
She dived into her bag and brought out a folded piece of paper.
7 [VERB] V, V from/to/by amount, V amount
If shares, profits, or figures dive, their value falls suddenly and by a large amount. (JOURNALISM)
If we cut interest rates, the pound would dive...
Profits have dived from £7.7m to £7.1m...
The shares dived 22p to 338p.
[N-COUNT]
Dive is also a noun.
Stock prices took a dive.
8 [N-COUNT]
If you describe a bar or club as a dive, you mean it is dirty and dark, and not very respectable. (INFORMAL)dive bomb|er (dive bombers)
also dive-bomber
[N-COUNT]
You can refer to a plane that flies down low over a place in order to drop bombs on it as a dive bomber.
The port had been attacked by German dive bombers for the past five days.