3 definitions found
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['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.
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diving \Div"ing\, a.
That dives or is used or diving.
{Diving beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any beetle of the family
{Dytiscid[ae]}, which habitually lives under water; --
called also {water tiger}.
{Diving bell}, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes
bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under
water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air
at the top by fresh air pumped in through a tube from
above.
{Diving dress}. See {Submarine armor}, under {Submarine}.
{Diving stone}, a kind of jasper.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
diving
n 1: an athletic competition that involves diving into water
[syn: {diving event}]
2: a headlong plunge into water [syn: {dive}]
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