dive
To swim under water.
Example
“He dove in the water to save her.”
Other meanings
To jump into water head-first.
To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
“to dive into home plate”
Related words
- crash dive
- dive bomber
- dive-under
- duck dive
- nosedive
- power dive
- scuba diving
- take a dive
- updive
- back dive
- backward dive
- crash-dive
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "dȳfan" (to dip, immerse).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “dive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.