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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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