From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
dive
n 1: a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall [syn:
honkytonk]
2: a headlong plunge into water [syn: diving]
3: a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft [syn: nose dive]
v 1: drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" [syn: plunge,
plunk]
2: plunge into water; "I was afraid to dive from the board into
the pool"
3: swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking
for shells"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Diva \Di"va\ (d[=e]"v[.a]), n.; It. pl. Dive (d[=e]"v[=a]).
[It., prop. fem. of divo divine, L. divus.]
A prima donna.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dive \Dive\, n.
1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who
dives, literally or figuratively.
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2. A place of low resort. [Slang]
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The music halls and dives in the lower part of the
city. --J.
Hawthorne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dive \Dive\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dived, colloq. Dove, a
relic of the AS. strong forms de['a]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.
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It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men
have dived for them. --Whately.
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Note: The colloquial form dove is common in the United States
as an imperfect tense form.
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All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous
splash. --Dr. Hayes.
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When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and
left the young bird sitting in the water. --J.
Burroughs.
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2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject,
question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
--South.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Dive \Dive\, v. t.
1. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
[Obs.] --Hooker.
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2. To explore by diving; to plunge into. [R.]
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The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame. --Denham.
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He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps. --Emerson.
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