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dive en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /daɪv/
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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.

Meanings

1. A jump or plunge into water.
   • the dive of a hawk after prey
2. A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
   • The 24-year-old Brazilian hurdler Joao Vitor de Oliveira progressed to the Rio competition’s semi-finals by executing a Superman-style dive headfirst over the finishing line – beating South Africa’s Antonio Alkana by one hundredth of a second. 2016 August 16, Kate Samuelson, “Here Are Other Athletes Who Famously Won with a Dive”, in Time:
3. A downward swooping motion.
4. A swim under water.
5. A decline.
6. (slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
7. Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
8. A deliberate fall after a challenge.

Forms

Deriveds

dive boat (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · divebomb (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · forward dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · swandive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · swallow dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · bedoven (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · dive bomber (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · nosedive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · fish dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · divemaster (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · stage-dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · saturation dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · crash-dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · divewear (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · dive bar (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · take a dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · dolphin dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · power dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · divable (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · dive-under (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · dive in (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · full dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · deep-dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · predive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · diveable (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · skydiving (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · skydive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · skin-dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · divekeeper (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · backward dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · divey (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · updive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · back dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · swan-dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · dive knife (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · undived (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · stagedive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · sailor dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · dive brick (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · Stengel dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · deep dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · dive-bomb (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · Klinsmann dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · postdive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · dumpster dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · diver (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · duck and dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · swan dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · duck dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · dive computer (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · stage dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · nose-dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · dive support vessel (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · scuba diving (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive) · crash dive (Terms derived from the noun or verb dive)

Translations (98)

es zambullón (a jump into water) · sv filmning (deliberate fall after a challenge) · fr bouge (seedy bar) · fr gargote (seedy bar) · pt queda (a decline) · fi näytteleminen (deliberate fall after a challenge) · yue 跳水 (a jump into water) · ro plonjare (a jump into water) · fr comédie (deliberate fall after a challenge) · fr boui-boui (seedy bar) · sv dyk (a jump into water) · ro alunecare (a decline) · es zabullidura (a jump into water) · pl mordownia (seedy bar) · ru забега́ловка (seedy bar) · it bettola (seedy bar) · ko 무자맥질 (a swim under water) · cmn 假摔 (deliberate fall after a challenge) · bg гмуркане (a swim under water) · nl duik (a jump into water) · ro scufundare (a swim under water) · yue 插水 (deliberate fall after a challenge) · gl mergullo (a jump into water) · he צלילה (aerial descend with the nose pointed down) · es piletazo (deliberate fall after a challenge) · pt simulação (deliberate fall after a challenge) · nl schwalbe (deliberate fall after a challenge) · bg скок във вода (a jump into water) · gl mergullo (a swim under water) · it immersione (a swim under water) · id menyelam (a swim under water) · fr plongée (a decline) · it caduta (a decline) · ru каба́к (seedy bar) · de Spelunke (seedy bar) · ru пики́рование (aerial descend with the nose pointed down) · nl kelderrestaurant (seedy bar) · it picchiata (aerial descend with the nose pointed down) · pt mergulho (a jump into water) · ko 잠수 (a swim under water) · sv sunkhak (seedy bar) · pl speluna (seedy bar) · ota باتاقخانه (seedy bar) · pt mergulho (a swim under water) · fr chiqué (deliberate fall after a challenge) · fi sukellus (a swim under water) · it tuffo (a jump into water) · fi filmaaminen (deliberate fall after a challenge) · nl buurtcafé (seedy bar) · es clavado (a jump into water) · id meloncat ke dalam air (a jump into water) · nl duik (a swim under water) · el βουτιά (a jump into water) · pl dziura (seedy bar) · bg спускане (a decline) · pl nora (seedy bar) · es zambullidura (a jump into water) · es piscinazo (a jump into water) · pl spelunka (seedy bar) · fr plongeon (a jump into water) · es piscinazo (deliberate fall after a challenge) · sv dyk (a swim under water) · bg пикиране (aerial descend with the nose pointed down) · fi syöksy (aerial descend with the nose pointed down) · fr piqué (aerial descend with the nose pointed down) · fi sukellus (a jump into water) · fr plongée (a swim under water) · es bareto (seedy bar) · nb simulering (deliberate fall after a challenge) · nb filming (deliberate fall after a challenge) · pl melina (seedy bar) · fi räkälä (seedy bar) · es zabullida (a jump into water) · az şığıma (aerial descend with the nose pointed down) · de Tauchen (a swim under water) · es antro (seedy bar) · es clavada (a jump into water) · pl knajpa (seedy bar) · he צלילה (a swim under water) · ru прыжо́к (a jump into water) · nl fopduik (deliberate fall after a challenge) · it simulazione (deliberate fall after a challenge) · es zambullida (a jump into water) · ru пике́ (aerial descend with the nose pointed down) · th การพุ่งล้ม (deliberate fall after a challenge) · es zambullimiento (a jump into water) · pt mergulho (aerial descend with the nose pointed down) · pt antro (seedy bar) · es buceo (a swim under water) · ca estirada (deliberate fall after a challenge) · de Schwalbe (deliberate fall after a challenge) · de Kaschemme (seedy bar) · ru ныро́к (a jump into water) · ru пивну́шка (seedy bar) · pt inferninho (seedy bar) · fi lasku (a decline) · ko 잠수(潜水)) (a swim under water) · es zabullimiento (a jump into water)

dive en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /daɪv/
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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.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To swim under water.
   • He dove in the water to save her.
2. (intransitive) To jump into water head-first.
   • It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic:
3. (intransitive) To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
   • to dive into home plate
4. (intransitive) 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. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 49:
5. (intransitive) To lose altitude quickly by pointing downwards, as with a bird or aircraft.
6. (especially, intransitive, with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
   • She dove right in and started making improvements.
7. To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
8. To leap while fielding to take a brilliant catch which usually results in a wicket and appreciation.
9. (transitive) To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
   • To dive an infant either thrice or but once in Baptism [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
10. (transitive) To explore by diving; to plunge into.
    • The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of flame. 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning:
    • 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. 1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “May-Day”, in May-Day and Other Pieces, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 20:
11. (figuratively, intransitive) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
    • 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. 2025 June 13, Thomas Germain, “Is Google about to destroy the web?”, in BBC:
    • dive into the Concerns of all about them 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

Forms

Translations (160)

es hacer un clavado (to jump into water head-first) · fi uppoutua (undertake enthusiastically) · es somorgujar (to swim under water) · fr se plonger (undertake enthusiastically) · nl duiken (to swim under water) · ga tum (to descend) · id loncat indah (to jump into water head-first) · nn dykka (to swim under water) · yue 跳水 (to jump into water head-first) · ru ныря́ть (to jump into water head-first) · as ডুব মাৰা (to swim under water) · ko 잠수하다 (to swim under water) · haw luʻu (to swim under water) · rap ruku (to swim under water) · eo subakviĝi (to swim under water) · cmn 跳水 (to jump into water head-first) · id menyelam (to swim under water) · ja 潜る (to swim under water) · ota طالمق (to jump into water head-first) · ru погрузи́ться (to descend) · be ныра́ць (to swim under water) · pl zanurkować (to swim under water) · ka ყვინთვა (to swim under water) · de einen Kopfsprung machen (to jump into water head-first) · ru погружа́ться (to descend) · fi sukeltaa (to jump into water head-first) · bg гмуркам се (to swim under water) · he צָלַל (sports: imitate a foul) · he קפץ ראש (to jump into water head-first) · sh roniti (to swim under water) · mi tiripou (to jump into water head-first) · cmn 潛水 /潜水 (to swim under water) · be нырну́ць (to swim under water) · pt despencar (to descend) · nl een fopduik maken (sports: imitate a foul) · es tirarse a la piscina (sports: imitate a foul) · ar غَطْسَ (to jump into water head-first) · ltg nirkuot (to swim under water) · ko 뛰어들다 (to jump into water head-first) · uz suvga (to swim under water) · vi lặn (to swim under water) · pl dawać nura (to jump into water head-first) · sv dyka (undertake enthusiastically) · nb dykke (to swim under water) · ru нырну́ть (to swim under water) · pl nurkować (to swim under water) · eo plonĝi (to descend) · pl zanurkować (to jump into water head-first) · ar غَاصَ (to swim under water) · pt mergulhar (to jump into water head-first) · fr se plonger (to jump into water head-first) · sv dyka (to jump into water head-first) · la urinor (to swim under water) · mi ruku (to swim under water) · tr dalmak (to swim under water) · lv nirt (to jump into water head-first) · nl duiken (undertake enthusiastically) · udm зумыны (to swim under water) · rap ruku (to jump into water head-first) · mi titipou (to jump into water head-first) · uk пірна́ти (to jump into water head-first) · udm зымыны (to swim under water) · nl duiken (to jump into water head-first) · fr chiquer (sports: imitate a foul) · nl fopduiken (sports: imitate a foul) · fi laskeutua (to descend) · ang dūfan (to swim under water) · es zampuzarse (to jump into water head-first) · es zabullirse (to jump into water head-first) · cmn 驟降 /骤降 (to descend) · fr nager (to swim under water) · ja 飛び込む (to jump into water head-first) · de tauchen (to swim under water) · da filme (sports: imitate a foul) · hi डुबकी (to swim under water) · ru пики́ровать (to descend) · be нырну́ць (to jump into water head-first) · fi sukeltaa (to swim under water) · ca capbussar-se (to swim under water) · wa plonkî (to jump into water head-first) · ga tum (to jump into water head-first) · eo plonĝi (to jump into water head-first) · ro plonja (to jump into water head-first) · th ดำ (to swim under water) · fo kava (to swim under water) · it immergersi (to swim under water) · fr plonger (to descend) · ru окуну́ться (undertake enthusiastically) · mnc ᡶᡠᡵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (to swim under water) · es profundizar (11. (intransitive) to plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business) · ka ჩაყვინთვა (to swim under water) · la praeceps dēsiliō (to jump into water head-first) · ca nedar (to swim under water) · it tuffarsi (to jump into water head-first) · nl een schwalbe maken (sports: imitate a foul) · sv filma (sports: imitate a foul) · ar يقفز الى الماء (to jump into water head-first) · ru нырну́ть (to jump into water head-first) · fi sukeltaa (to descend) · de abtauchen (undertake enthusiastically) · ru погрузи́ться (undertake enthusiastically) · es zambullirse (to jump into water head-first) · bg потапям се (to descend) · sv dyka (to swim under water) · nb filme (sports: imitate a foul) · gld пурин- (to swim under water) · pl zanurzyć się (to descend) · fr jouer la comédie (sports: imitate a foul) · lv nirt (to swim under water) · lb dauchen (to swim under water) · sv dyka (to descend) · gl mergullar (to jump into water head-first) · de abtauchen (to descend) · cs potopit (to swim under water) · uk ниря́ти (to swim under water) · as ডুব মৰা (to swim under water) · he צָלַל (to swim under water) · nl onderwaterzwemmen (to swim under water) · nb stupe (to jump into water head-first) · de eine Schwalbe machen (sports: imitate a foul) · ca capbussar-se (to jump into water head-first) · es bucear (to swim under water) · fr plonger (to swim under water) · is stinga sér (to jump into water head-first) · be ныра́ць (to jump into water head-first) · yue 插水 (sports: imitate a foul) · el κατάδυση (to jump into water head-first) · cmn 暴跌 (to descend) · de eintauchen (undertake enthusiastically) · mi tirikohu (to jump into water head-first) · is kafa (to swim under water) · gl mergullar (to swim under water) · pl zanurzać się (to descend) · ary نقز فالما (to jump into water head-first) · pt simular (sports: imitate a foul) · hu búvárkodik (to swim under water) · ru уйти́ с голово́й (undertake enthusiastically) · fi filmata (sports: imitate a foul) · pl nurkować (to jump into water head-first) · ota طالمق (to swim under water) · ca bussejar (to swim under water) · pl dać nura (to jump into water head-first) · uz suvga (to jump into water head-first) · ru ныря́ть (to swim under water) · pt mergulhar (to swim under water) · uk пірну́ти (to jump into water head-first) · cs nafilmovat (sports: imitate a foul) · hi डुबकी (to jump into water head-first) · mi tūpou (to jump into water head-first) · lv ņurkot (to swim under water) · he צָלַל (to descend) · as ডুব দে (to jump into water head-first) · eo plonĝi (to swim under water) · ru погружа́ться (undertake enthusiastically) · da dykke (to swim under water) · ru ныря́ть (sports: imitate a foul) · qu ch'ultikuy (to swim under water) · ary غطس (to jump into water head-first) · ru симули́ровать (sports: imitate a foul) · es descender (to descend)

dive en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈdiːveɪ/

Etymology

From Italian dive; see diva.

Meanings

1. (form-of, plural) plural of diva
   form of diva

dive en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of daeva.
   alt of daeva

Forms