dive

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):

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• 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.
   • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     To dive an infant either thrice or but once in Baptism

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; 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.

Translations

to swim under water

• Arabic: غَاصَ (ḡāṣa)
• Assamese:

  Central: ডুব মাৰা (dubo mara)

  Eastern: ডুব মৰা (dubo mora)

• Belarusian: ныра́ць impf (nyrácʹ), нырну́ць pf (nyrnúcʹ)
• Bulgarian: гмуркам се (gmurkam se)
• Catalan: capbussar-se (ca), nedar (ca), bussejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 潛水／潜水 (zh) (qiánshuǐ)

• Czech: potopit (cs)
• Danish: dykke (da)
• Dutch: duiken (nl), onderwaterzwemmen
• Esperanto: (1) plonĝi, (1) subakviĝi
• Faroese: kava
• Finnish: sukeltaa (fi)
• French: nager (fr), plonger (fr)
• Galician: mergullar (gl)
• Georgian: ყვინთვა (q̇vintva), ჩაყვინთვა (čaq̇vintva)
• German: tauchen (de)
• Hebrew: צלל (he) (tsalál)
• Hungarian: búvárkodik (hu)
• Icelandic: kafa
• Italian: immergersi (it)
• Japanese: 潜る (ja) (もぐる, moguru)
• Korean: 잠수하다 (ko) (jamsuhada)
• Latgalian: nirkuot
• Latin: urinor
• Latvian: nirt (lv), ņurkot
• Luxembourgish: dauchen
• Manchu: ᡶᡠᡵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (furimbi)
• Maori: ruku
• Nanai: пурин- (purin-)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dykke

  Nynorsk: dykka

• Old English: dūfan
• Ottoman Turkish: طالمق (dalmak)
• Polish: nurkować (pl) impf, zanurkować pf
• Portuguese: mergulhar (pt)
• Quechua: ch'ultikuy
• Rapa Nui: ruku
• Russian: ныря́ть (ru) impf (nyrjátʹ), нырну́ть (ru) pf (nyrnútʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: roniti (sh)
• Spanish: bucear (es)
• Swedish: dyka (sv)
• Thai: ดำ (th) (dam)
• Turkish: dalmak (tr)
• Ukrainian: ниря́ти impf (nyrjáty)
• Uzbek: suvga
• Vietnamese: lặn (vi)

to jump into water

• Arabic: غَطْسَ (ḡaṭsa), يقفز الى الماء

  Moroccan Arabic: غطس (ḡṭas), نقز فالما (naqqaz f-el-mā)

• Assamese: ডুব দে (dubo de)
• Belarusian: ныра́ць impf (nyrácʹ), нырну́ць pf (nyrnúcʹ)
• Catalan: capbussar-se (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 跳水 (tiu³ seoi²)

  Mandarin: 跳水 (zh) (tiàoshuǐ)

• Dutch: duiken (nl)
• Esperanto: plonĝi
• Finnish: sukeltaa (fi)
• French: plonger (fr)
• Galician: mergullar (gl)
• German: ins Wasser springen
• Greek: κατάδυση (el) (katádysi)
• Hebrew: קפץ ראש (kafáts rosh)
• Irish: tum
• Italian: tuffarsi (it)
• Japanese: 飛び込む (ja) (とびこむ, tobikomu)
• Korean: 뛰어들다 (ko) (ttwieodeulda)
• Latin: (literally, to jump down headfirst) praeceps dēsiliō
• Latvian: nirt (lv)
• Maori: titipou, tūpou (mi), tirikohu, tiripou
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: stupe

• Ottoman Turkish: طالمق (dalmak)
• Polish: dawać nura impf, dać nura pf, nurkować (pl) impf, zanurkować pf
• Portuguese: mergulhar (pt)
• Rapa Nui: ruku
• Romanian: plonja (ro)
• Russian: ныря́ть (ru) impf (nyrjátʹ), нырну́ть (ru) pf (nyrnútʹ)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} hacer un clavado (es) , zambullirse (es)
• Swedish: dyka (sv)
• Ukrainian: пірна́ти impf (pirnáty), пірну́ти pf (pirnúty)
• Uzbek: suvga
• Walloon: plonkî (wa)

to descend

• Bulgarian: потапям се (potapjam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 驟降／骤降 (zh) (zhòujiàng), 暴跌 (zh) (bàodiē)

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} duiken (nl), ^{(please verify)} een duikvlucht maken (nl)
• Esperanto: plonĝi
• Finnish: sukeltaa (fi), laskeutua (fi)
• French: plonger (fr)
• German: abtauchen (de)
• Hebrew: לצלול (litzlol)
• Irish: tum
• Polish: zanurzać się (pl) impf, zanurzyć się (pl) pf
• Portuguese: despencar (pt)
• Russian: погружа́ться (ru) impf (pogružátʹsja), погрузи́ться (ru) pf (pogruzítʹsja), пики́ровать (ru) impf or pf (pikírovatʹ) (of aircraft, birds)
• Spanish: descender (es)
• Swedish: dyka (sv)

undertake enthusiastically

• Dutch: duiken (nl)
• Finnish: uppoutua (fi)
• French: se plonger (fr)
• Russian: погружа́ться (ru) impf (pogružátʹsja), погрузи́ться (ru) pf (pogruzítʹsja), уйти́ с голово́й pf (ujtí s golovój) (idiom), окуну́ться (ru) pf (okunútʹsja)
• Swedish: dyka (sv) (in)

sports: imitate a foul

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 插水 (caap³ seoi²)

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: filme (da)
• Dutch: een schwalbe maken, een fopduik maken, fopduiken (nl)
• Finnish: filmata (fi)
• French: chiquer (fr), jouer la comédie (fr)
• German: eine Schwalbe machen (de)
• Hebrew: לצלול (litzlol)
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: filme (no)

• Portuguese: simular (pt)
• Russian: ныря́ть (ru) impf (nyrjátʹ), симули́ровать (ru) impf (simulírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: tirarse a la piscina
• Swedish: filma (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} plunjar (io)
• Indonesian: selam (id), menyelam, menyelami, terjun

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

a jump into water

• Bulgarian: скок във вода m (skok vǎv voda)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 跳水 (tiu³ seoi²)

• Dutch: duik (nl) m
• Finnish: sukellus (fi)
• French: plongeon (fr) m
• Galician: mergullo m
• Greek: βουτιά (el) f (voutiá)
• Indonesian: meloncat ke dalam air
• Italian: tuffo (it) m
• Portuguese: mergulho (pt) m
• Romanian: plonjare (ro) f
• Russian: ныро́к (ru) m (nyrók), прыжо́к (ru) m (pryžók)
• Spanish: clavado (es), zambullida (es) f, piscinazo (es) m
• Swedish: dyk (sv) n

a swim under water

• Bulgarian: гмуркане n (gmurkane)
• Dutch: duik (nl) m
• Finnish: sukellus (fi)
• French: plongée (fr) f
• Galician: mergullo m
• German: Tauchen n
• Hebrew: צלילה (he) f (tzlila)
• Indonesian: menyelam (id)
• Italian: immersione (it) f
• Korean: 무자맥질 (mujamaekjil), 잠수(潛水) (ko) (jamsu), 잠수(潜水) (ko) (jamsu))
• Portuguese: mergulho (pt) m
• Romanian: scufundare (ro) f
• Spanish: buceo (es)
• Swedish: dyk (sv) n

a decline

• Bulgarian: спускане (bg) n (spuskane)
• Finnish: lasku (fi)
• French: plongée (fr) f
• Italian: caduta (it) f
• Portuguese: queda (pt) f
• Romanian: alunecare (ro) f

seedy bar

• Dutch: kelderrestaurant, buurtcafé (nl) n
• Finnish: räkälä (fi)
• French: gargote (fr) f, bouge (fr) m, boui-boui (fr) m
• German: Spelunke (de) f
• Italian: bettola (it) f
• Ottoman Turkish: باتاقخانه (batakhane)
• Polish: knajpa (pl) f, speluna (pl) f, mordownia (pl) f, melina (pl) f, spelunka (pl) f, dziura (pl) f, nora (pl) f
• Portuguese: antro (pt) m (Brazil), inferninho m (Brazil)
• Russian: каба́к (ru) m (kabák), забега́ловка (ru) f (zabegálovka), пивну́шка (ru) f (pivnúška)
• Spanish: antro (es) m, bareto m

aerial descend with the nose pointed down

• Azerbaijani: şığıma
• Bulgarian: пикиране n (pikirane)
• Finnish: syöksy (fi)
• French: piqué (fr) m
• Hebrew: צלילה (he) f (tzlila)
• Italian: picchiata (it) f
• Portuguese: mergulho (pt) m
• Russian: пике́ (ru) n (piké), пики́рование (ru) n (pikírovanije)

deliberate fall after a challenge

• Catalan: estirada (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 插水 (caap³ seoi²)

  Mandarin: 假摔 (zh) (jiǎshuāi)

• Dutch: schwalbe (nl), fopduik (nl) m
• Finnish: näytteleminen (fi), filmaaminen (fi)
• French: chiqué (fr) m, comédie (fr) f
• German: Schwalbe (de)
• Italian: simulazione (it) f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian Bokmål: filming, simulering
• Portuguese: simulação (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: piscinazo (es) m, piletazo m
• Swedish: filmning (sv)
• Thai: การพุ่งล้ม

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb dive

• back dive
• backward dive
• crash-dive
• crash dive
• deep-dive
• deep dive
• dive bar
• dive boat
• divebomb, dive-bomb
• dive bomber
• dive brick
• dive computer
• dive in
• dive-under
• dolphin dive
• duck and dive
• duck dive
• dumpster dive
• forward dive
• full dive
• Klinsmann dive
• nose-dive
• nosedive
• power dive
• sailor dive
• saturation dive
• scuba diving
• skin-dive
• skydive, skydiving
• stage dive
• stage-dive
• swallow dive
• swandive/swan-dive/swan dive
• take a dive
• updive

 

Etymology 2

From Italian dive; see diva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːveɪ/

Noun

dive

1. plural of diva

Etymology 3

Noun

dive (plural dives)

1. Obsolete form of daeva.

Anagrams

• Devi, I'd've, vide, vidê, vied

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟɪvɛ]

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

• devi, vedi, vide

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