dive
dahyv
- n a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
- n a headlong plunge into water
- n a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
- n a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
- v drop steeply
- v plunge into water
I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool - v swim under water
- Reason for extension: bombs released in a dive pick up speed faster than the ship, have been known to poke their noses into the whirling prop and blow dive bomber and crew to bits.
- Breath-taking for any submariner is the first dive of a brand-new submarine.
- Last winter a free-lance deep-sea diver and experimenter named Max Nohl had himself lowered 420 ft.