dive : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dive	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dive n a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall [syn: honkytonk, dive] a headlong plunge into water Synonym(s): dive, diving a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft Synonym(s): dive, nose dive, nosedive v drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" [syn: dive, plunge, plunk] plunge into water; "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool" swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Diva \[d8]Di"va\ (d[emac]"v[adot]), n.; It. pl. {Dive} (d[emac]"v[amac]). [It., prop. fem. of divo divine, L. divus.] A prima donna.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dive \Dive\, v. t. 1. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. [Obs.] --Hooker. 2. To explore by diving; to plunge into. [R.] The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame. --Denham. He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps. --Emerson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dive \Dive\, n. 1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively. 2. A place of low resort. [Slang] The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city. --J. Hawthorne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dive \Dive\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dived}, colloq. {Dove}, a relic of the AS. strong forms de[a0]f, dofen; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diving}.] [OE. diven, duven, AS. d[?]fan to sink, v. t., fr. d[?]fan, v. i.; akin to Icel. d[?]fa, G. taufen, E. dip, deep, and perh. to dove, n. Cf. {Dip}.] 1. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. --Whately. Note: The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form. All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous splash. --Dr. Hayes. When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water. --J. Burroughs. 2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. --South.