Found 3 items, similar to dive.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: dive menghunjam, menukik, menyelam, penyelaman
English → English (WordNet) Definition: dive dive See diva [also: dove] diva n : a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star [syn: prima donna] [also: dive (pl)] 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] [also: dove] 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” [also: dove]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Dive 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Dive \Dive\, v. t. 1. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. [Obs.] --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. To explore by diving; to plunge into. [R.] [1913 Webster] The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame. --Denham. [1913 Webster] He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps. --Emerson. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. --Whately. [1913 Webster] Note: The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form. [1913 Webster] All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous splash. --Dr. Hayes. [1913 Webster] When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water. --J. Burroughs. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. --South. [1913 Webster] Dive \Dive\, n. 1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively. [1913 Webster] 2. A place of low resort. [Slang] [1913 Webster] The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city. --J. Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]