dive
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English diven, duven, from the merger of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English dȳfan (“to dip, immerse”, transitive weak verb) (from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *dūbijaną) and dūfan (“to duck, dive, sink, penetrate”, intransitive strong verb) (past participle ġedofen). Cognate with Icelandic dýfa (“to dip, dive”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Low German bedaven (“covered, covered with water”). See also deep, dip.
Verb
dive (third-person singular simple present dives, present participle diving, simple past dived or (US) dove, past participle dived)
- To swim under water.
- To jump into water head-first.
- (Can we date this quote by Whately and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.
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- To descend sharply or steeply.
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 49:
- [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.
- (especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
- She dove right in and started making improvements.
- (sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
- To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
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- (transitive) To explore by diving; to plunge into.
- (figurative) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
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Usage notes
The past tense dove is found chiefly in North American English, where it is used alongside the regular (and earlier) dived, with regional variations; in British English dived is the standard past tense, dove existing only in some dialects. Some speakers express uncertainty about what the past participle should be;[1] dove is relatively rare as a past participle. (Compare Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary; The American Heritage Dictionary; The Cambridge Guide to English Usage)
Derived terms
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References
- ^ Albright, Adam, "Lexical and morphological conditioning of paradigm gaps".
Noun
dive (plural dives)
- A jump or plunge into water.
- A downward swooping motion.
- the dive of a hawk after prey
- A swim under water.
- A decline.
- (slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
- (aviation) Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
- (sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian dive; see diva.
Noun
dive
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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
dive
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ive
Noun
dive f
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Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) dīve
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