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{{also|Dive|диве}}
{{also|Dive|di ... ve|диве}}
==English==
==English==


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====Pronunciation====
====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/daɪv/}}
* {{IPA|en|/daɪv/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-dive.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-dive.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪv|s=1}}
* {{rhymes|en|aɪv|s=1}}


====Verb====
====Verb====
{{en-verb|past2=dove|past2_qual=chiefly U.S. and Canada|past_ptc2=dove|past_ptc2_qual=chiefly U.S. and Canada|past_ptc3=doven|past_ptc3_qual=dialectal}}
{{en-verb|past2=dove|past2_qual=chiefly U.S. and Canada|past_ptc2=dove|past_ptc2_qual=chiefly U.S. and Canada, nonstandard|past_ptc3=doven|past_ptc3_qual=dialectal}}


# To [[swim]] under [[water]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[swim]] under [[water]].
# To jump into water head-first.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To jump into water head-first.
#* '''1826''', {{w|Richard Whately}}, ''Elements of Logic ''
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1826|author=w:Richard Whately|title=Elements of Logic
#*: It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have '''dived''' for them.
|passage=It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have '''dived''' for them.}}
# To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
#: {{ux|en|to '''dive''' into [[home plate]]}}
#: {{ux|en|to '''dive''' into [[home plate]]}}
# To descend sharply or steeply.
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To descend sharply or steeply.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012|author=Andrew Martin|title=Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube| publisher=Profile Books, {{ISBN|978-1846684777}}| page=49| text=[the Hammersmith & City at Paddington]: There it '''dived''' underground, eventually enabling its train services to run over, and be entangled with, the easterly extensions of the [[Metropolitan]] and the [[District]].}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012|author=Andrew Martin|title=Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube| publisher=Profile Books, {{ISBN|978-1846684777}}| page=49| text=[the Hammersmith & City at Paddington]: There it '''dived''' underground, eventually enabling its train services to run over, and be entangled with, the easterly extensions of the [[Metropolitan]] and the [[District]].}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To lose [[altitude]] quickly by pointing downwards, as with a [[bird]] or [[aircraft]].
# (especially with ''in'') To undertake with [[enthusiasm]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive|especially with ''in''}} To undertake with [[enthusiasm]].
#: {{ux|en|She '''dove''' right in and started making improvements.}}
#: {{ux|en|She '''dove''' right in and started making improvements.}}
# {{lb|en|sports}} To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being [[foul]]ed, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
# {{lb|en|sports}} To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being [[foul]]ed, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
# To [[cause]] to [[descend]], [[dunk]]; to plunge something into water.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cause]] to [[descend]], [[dunk]]; to plunge something into water.
#* {{RQ:Hooker Laws|passage=To '''dive''' an infant either thrice or but once in Baptism}}
#* {{RQ:Hooker Laws|passage=To '''dive''' an infant either thrice or but once in Baptism}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To explore by diving; to plunge into.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To explore by diving; to plunge into.
#* {{RQ:Denham The Progress of Learning}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1668|author={{w|John Denham (poet)|John Denham}}|title=The Progress of Learning
#*: The Curtii bravely '''dived''' the gulf of flame.
|passage=The Curtii bravely '''dived''' the gulf of flame.}}
#* {{RQ:Emerson May-Day|page=20|passage=The green lane is the school-boy's friend, / Low leaves his quarrel apprehend, / {{...}} / The brimming brook invites a leap, / He '''dives''' the hollow, climbs the steep.}}
#* {{RQ:Emerson May-Day|page=20|passage=The green lane is the school-boy's friend, / Low leaves his quarrel apprehend, / {{...}} / The brimming brook invites a leap, / He '''dives''' the hollow, climbs the steep.}}
# {{lb|en|figuratively}} To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
# {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
#* {{RQ:South Twelve Sermons|passage='''dive''' into the Concerns of all about them}}
#* {{RQ:South Twelve Sermons|passage='''dive''' into the Concerns of all about them}}


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=====Conjugation=====
=====Conjugation=====
{{en-conj|old=1|stem=div|past2=dove|past2_qual=note1|past_ptc2=dove|past_ptc2_qual=note1|past_ptc3=doven|past_ptc3_qual=note2|note1=Chiefly US and Canada.|note2=Dialectal.}}
{{en-conj|div|e}}


=====Translations=====
=====Translations=====
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* Catalan: {{t+|ca|capbussar-se}}, {{t+|ca|nedar}}, {{t+|ca|bussejar}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|capbussar-se}}, {{t+|ca|nedar}}, {{t+|ca|bussejar}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|潛水|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|潜水|tr=qiánshuǐ|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|潛水|tr=qiánshuǐ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|potopit}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|potopit}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|dykke}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|dykke}}
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* Icelandic: {{t|is|kafa}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|kafa}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|immergersi}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|immergersi}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|潜る|tr=くぐる, kuguru, もぐる, moguru}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|潜る|tr=もぐる, moguru}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|잠수하다}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|잠수하다}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|nirkuot}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|nirkuot}}
* Latin: {{t|la|urinor}}
* Latin: {{t|la|urinor}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|nirt}}, {{t|lv|ņurkot}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|nirt}}, {{t|lv|ņurkot}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|dauchen}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|dauchen}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡶᡠᡵᡳᠮᠪᡳ}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᡶᡠᡵᡳᠮᠪᡳ}}
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*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|dykka}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|dykka}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|dūfan}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|dūfan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|nurkować}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|طالمق|tr=dalmak}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|nurkować|impf}}, {{t|pl|zanurkować|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mergulhar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mergulhar}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|ch'ultikuy}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|ch'ultikuy}}
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* Uzbek: {{t|uz|suvga}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|suvga}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|lặn}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|lặn}}
* Westrobothnian: {{t|gmq-bot|dobb’}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


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* Catalan: {{t+|ca|capbussar-se}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|capbussar-se}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|跳水|tr=tiu3 seoi2|sc=Hani}}
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|跳水|tr=tiu3 seoi2}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|跳水|tr=tiàoshuǐ|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|跳水|tr=tiàoshuǐ}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|duiken}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|duiken}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|plonĝi}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|plonĝi}}
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* Greek: {{t+|el|κατάδυση}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|κατάδυση}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|קפץ ראש|tr=kafáts rosh}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|קפץ ראש|tr=kafáts rosh}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tum}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t|it|tuffarsi}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tuffarsi}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|飛び込む|tr=とびこむ, tobikomu}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|飛び込む|tr=とびこむ, tobikomu}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|뛰어들다}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|뛰어들다}}
* Latin: {{qualifier|literally, to jump down headfirst}} {{t|la|[[praeceps]] [[dēsiliō]]}}
* Latin: {{qualifier|literally, to jump down headfirst}} {{t|la|[[praeceps]] [[dēsiliō]]}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|nirt}}
* Latvian: {{t+|lv|nirt}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|titipou}}, {{t+|mi|tūpou}}, {{t|mi|tirikohu}}, {{t|mi|tiripou}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|titipou}}, {{t+|mi|tūpou}}, {{t|mi|tirikohu}}, {{t|mi|tiripou}}
* Norwegian:
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|stupe}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|stupe}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|طالمق|tr=dalmak}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|dawać nura|impf}}, {{t|pl|dać nura|pf}}, {{t+|pl|nurkować|impf}}, {{t|pl|zanurkować|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mergulhar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mergulhar}}
* Rapa Nui: {{t|rap|ruku}}
* Rapa Nui: {{t|rap|ruku}}
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* Uzbek: {{t|uz|suvga}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|suvga}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|plonkî}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|plonkî}}
* Westrobothnian: {{t|gmq-bot|dobb’}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


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* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|потапям се}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|потапям се}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|驟降|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|骤降|tr=zhòujiàng|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|暴跌|tr=bàodiē|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|驟降|tr=zhòujiàng}}, {{t+|cmn|暴跌|tr=bàodiē}}
* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|duiken}}, {{t+check|nl|duikvlucht|alt=een duikvlucht maken}} <!-- was "een [[duikvlucht]] maken" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* Dutch: {{t+check|nl|duiken}}, {{t+check|nl|duikvlucht|alt=een duikvlucht maken}} <!-- was "een [[duikvlucht]] maken" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]] -->
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|plonĝi}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|plonĝi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sukeltaa}}, {{t+|fi|laskeutua}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|sukeltaa}}, {{t+|fi|laskeutua}}
* French: {{t+|fr|plonger}}
* French: {{t+|fr|plonger}}
{{trans-mid}}
* German: {{t+|de|abtauchen}}
* German: {{t+|de|abtauchen}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|לצלול|tr=litzlol|sc=Hebr}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|לצלול|tr=litzlol|sc=Hebr}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tum}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zanurzać się|impf}}, {{t+|pl|zanurzyć się|pf}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zanurzać się|impf}}, {{t+|pl|zanurzyć się|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|despencar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|despencar}}
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uppoutua}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|uppoutua}}
* French: {{t+|fr|se plonger}}
* French: {{t+|fr|se plonger}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|погружа́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|погрузи́ться|pf}}, {{t|ru|уйти́ с голово́й|pf}} ''(idiom)'', {{t+|ru|окуну́ться|pf}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|погружа́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|погрузи́ться|pf}}, {{t|ru|уйти́ с голово́й|pf}} ''(idiom)'', {{t+|ru|окуну́ться|pf}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dyka}} (in)
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|dyka}} (in)
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{{trans-top|sports: imitate a foul}}
{{trans-top|sports: imitate a foul}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|插水}}
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|filme}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|filme}}
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* Hebrew: {{t|he|לצלול|tr=litzlol|sc=Hebr}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|לצלול|tr=litzlol|sc=Hebr}}
* Italian: {{t-needed|it}}
* Italian: {{t-needed|it}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}}
* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}}
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{{checktrans-top}} <!--The definitions have changed since these translations were added. Please place them in their proper locations and *combine the two sets of verb definitions*-->
{{checktrans-top}} <!--The definitions have changed since these translations were added. Please place them in their proper locations and *combine the two sets of verb definitions*-->
* Ido: {{t+check|io|plunjar}}
* Ido: {{t+check|io|plunjar}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|selam}}, [[selam|menyelam]], [[selam|menyelami]], [[terjun]]
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|selam}}, [[selam|menyelam]], [[selam|menyelami]], [[terjun]]
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}
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* French: {{t+|fr|plongeon|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|plongeon|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|mergullo|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|mergullo|m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|βουτιά|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|βουτιά|f}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|meloncat ke dalam air}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tuffo|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tuffo|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mergulho|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|mergulho|m}}
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* German: {{t|de|Tauchen|n}}
* German: {{t|de|Tauchen|n}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|צלילה|f|tr=tzlila|sc=Hebr}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|צלילה|f|tr=tzlila|sc=Hebr}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|menyelam}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|immersione|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|immersione|f}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|무자맥질}}, {{t+|ko|잠수(潛水)}}, {{t+|ko|잠수(潜水)}})
* Korean: {{t|ko|무자맥질}}, {{t+|ko|잠수(潛水)}}, {{t+|ko|잠수(潜水)}})
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lasku}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lasku}}
* French: {{t+|fr|plongée|f}}
* French: {{t+|fr|plongée|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|caduta|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|caduta|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|queda|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|queda|f}}
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* French: {{t+|fr|gargote|f}}, {{t+|fr|bouge|m}}, {{t+|fr|boui-boui|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|gargote|f}}, {{t+|fr|bouge|m}}, {{t+|fr|boui-boui|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Spelunke|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Spelunke|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|bettola|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|باتاقخانه|tr=batakhane}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|knajpa|f}}, {{t+|pl|speluna|f}}, {{t+|pl|mordownia|f}}, {{t+|pl|melina|f}}, {{t+|pl|spelunka|f}}, {{t+|pl|dziura|f}}, {{t+|pl|nora|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|knajpa|f}}, {{t+|pl|speluna|f}}, {{t+|pl|mordownia|f}}, {{t+|pl|melina|f}}, {{t+|pl|spelunka|f}}, {{t+|pl|dziura|f}}, {{t+|pl|nora|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|antro|m}} {{q|Brazil}}, {{t|pt|inferninho|m}} {{q|Brazil}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|antro|m}} {{q|Brazil}}, {{t|pt|inferninho|m}} {{q|Brazil}}
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|syöksy}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|syöksy}}
* French: {{t+|fr|piqué|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|piqué|m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|צלילה|f|tr=tzlila|sc=Hebr}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|צלילה|f|tr=tzlila|sc=Hebr}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|picchiata|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|picchiata|f}}
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{{trans-top|deliberate fall after a challenge}}
{{trans-top|deliberate fall after a challenge}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|estirada|f}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|estirada|f}}
* Chinese: {{t+|zh|插水}}, {{t|zh|假摔}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|插水}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|假摔}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|schwalbe}}, {{t+|nl|fopduik|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|schwalbe}}, {{t+|nl|fopduik|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|näytteleminen}}, {{t+|fi|filmaaminen}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|näytteleminen}}, {{t+|fi|filmaaminen}}
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* Italian: {{t+|it|simulazione|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|simulazione|f}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}}
* Korean: {{t-needed|ko}}
* Norwegian Bokmål: {{t|nb|filming}}, {{t|nb|simulering}}
* Norwegian Bokmål: {{t|nb|filming}}, {{t|nb|simulering}}
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====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{der4|en|title=Terms derived from the noun or verb ''dive''|{{l|en|crash dive}}|{{l|en|divebomb}}, {{l|en|dive-bomb}}|{{l|en|dive bomber}}|{{l|en|dive-under}}|{{l|en|duck dive}}|{{l|en|nosedive}}|{{l|en|power dive}}|{{l|en|scuba diving}}|{{l|en|skydive}}, {{l|en|skydiving}}|{{l|en|swandive}}/[[swan-dive]]/[[swan dive]]|{{l|en|take a dive}}|{{l|en|updive}}|back dive|backward dive|crash-dive|deep dive|deep-dive|dive bar|dive boat|dive brick|dive computer|dive in|dolphin dive|duck and dive|dumpster dive|forward dive|full dive|nose-dive|sailor dive|saturation dive|skin-dive|stage dive|stage-dive|swallow dive| Klinsmann dive}}
{{rel-top3|Terms derived from the noun or verb ''dive''}}
* {{l|en|crash dive}}
* {{l|en|divebomb}}, {{l|en|dive-bomb}}
* {{l|en|dive bomber}}
* {{l|en|dive-under}}
* {{l|en|duck dive}}
* {{l|en|nosedive}}
* {{l|en|scuba diving}}
* {{l|en|skydive}}, {{l|en|skydiving}}
* {{l|en|swandive}}/[[swan-dive]]/[[swan dive]]
* {{l|en|take a dive}}
* {{l|en|updive}}
{{rel-bottom}}


===Etymology 2===
===Etymology 2===
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[[Category:English irregular verbs]]
[[Category:English irregular verbs]]
[[Category:en:Swimming]]
[[Category:en:Swimming]]

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==Czech==
==Czech==
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{{head|cs|noun form}}
{{head|cs|noun form}}


# {{inflection of|cs|div||voc|s}}
# {{infl of|cs|div||voc|s}}

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==Italian==
==Italian==
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===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=deiv|devi|vedi|vide}}
* {{anagrams|it|a=deiv|devi|vedi|vide}}

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==Latin==
==Latin==


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{la-adj-form|dīve}}
{{head|la|adjective form|head=dīve}}


# {{inflection of|la|dīvus||voc|m|s}}
# {{inflection of|la|dīvus||voc|m|s}}

==Portuguese==

===Verb===
{{head|pt|verb form}}

# {{pt-verb form of|divar}}

Revision as of 04:18, 19 August 2024

See also: Dive, di ... ve, and диве

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English diven, duven, from the merger of Old English dȳfan (“to dip, immerse”, transitive weak verb) (from Proto-Germanic *dūbijaną) and dūfan (“to duck, dive, sink, penetrate”, intransitive strong verb) (past participle ġedofen). Cognate with Icelandic dýfa (“to dip, dive”), Low German bedaven (“covered, covered with water”). See also deep, dip.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daɪv/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪv

Verb

dive (third-person singular simple present dives, present participle diving, simple past dived or (chiefly U.S. and Canada) dove, past participle dived or (chiefly U.S. and Canada, nonstandard) dove or (dialectal) doven)

  1. (intransitive) To swim under water.
  2. (intransitive) To jump into water head-first.
    • 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic:
      It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.
  3. (intransitive) To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
    to dive into home plate
  4. (intransitive) To descend sharply or steeply.
    • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 49:
      [the Hammersmith & City at Paddington]: There it dived underground, eventually enabling its train services to run over, and be entangled with, the easterly extensions of the Metropolitan and the District.
  5. (intransitive) To lose altitude quickly by pointing downwards, as with a bird or aircraft.
  6. (intransitive, especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
    She dove right in and started making improvements.
  7. (sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
  8. (transitive) To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
  9. (transitive) To explore by diving; to plunge into.
    • 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning:
      The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of flame.
    • 1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, “May-Day”, in May-Day and Other Pieces, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 20:
      The green lane is the school-boy's friend, / Low leaves his quarrel apprehend, / […] / The brimming brook invites a leap, / He dives the hollow, climbs the steep.
  10. (intransitive, figuratively) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
      dive into the Concerns of all about them
Usage notes

The past tense dove is found chiefly in North American English, where it is used alongside the regular (and earlier) dived, with regional variations; in British English dived is the standard past tense, dove existing only in some dialects. Some speakers express uncertainty about what the past participle should be;[1] dove is relatively rare as a past participle. (Compare Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary; The American Heritage Dictionary; The Cambridge Guide to English Usage)

Conjugation
Conjugation of dive
infinitive (to) dive
present tense past tense
1st-person singular dive dived, dove*
2nd-person singular dive, divest† dived, dove*, divedst†
3rd-person singular dives, diveth† dived, dove*
plural dive
subjunctive dive dived, dove*
imperative dive —
participles diving dived, dove*, doven**

†Archaic or obsolete. * Chiefly US and Canada. ** Dialectal.

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References
  1. ^ Albright, Adam, "Lexical and morphological conditioning of paradigm gaps".

Noun

dive (plural dives)

  1. A jump or plunge into water.
    the dive of a hawk after prey
  2. A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
    • 2016 August 16, Kate Samuelson, “Here Are Other Athletes Who Famously Won with a Dive”, in Time‎[1]:
      The 24-year-old Brazilian hurdler Joao Vitor de Oliveira progressed to the Rio competition’s semi-finals by executing a Superman-style dive headfirst over the finishing line – beating South Africa’s Antonio Alkana by one hundredth of a second.
  3. A downward swooping motion.
  4. A swim under water.
  5. A decline.
  6. (slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
  7. (aviation) Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
  8. (sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
Translations

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb dive

Etymology 2

From Italian dive; see diva.

Pronunciation

Noun

dive

  1. plural of diva

Etymology 3

Noun

dive (plural dives)

  1. Obsolete form of daeva.

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

dive

  1. vocative singular of div

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.ve/
  • Rhymes: -ive
  • Hyphenation: dì‧ve

Noun

dive f

  1. plural of diva

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

dīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of dīvus

Portuguese

Verb

dive

  1. inflection of divar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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