- 1[intransitive] dive (from/off something) (into something) | dive (in) to jump into water with your head and arms going in first We dived into the river to cool off. He dived off the bridge. Sam walked to the deep end of the pool and dived in. Wordfinderswimarmband, dive, flipper, float, goggles, length, paddle, stroke, swim, water wings Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbdeep, head first, down, … prepositionfor, from, into, … phrasesgo diving See full entry See related entries: Diving, Swimming underwater
- 2(also go diving) [intransitive] to swim underwater wearing breathing equipment, collecting or looking at things to dive for pearls The main purpose of his holiday to Greece was to go diving. see also diving Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbdeep, head first, down, … prepositionfor, from, into, … phrasesgo diving See full entry See related entries: Hobbies
- 3[intransitive] to go to a deeper level underwater The submarine dived to avoid being seen. The whale dived as the harpoon struck it. of birds/aircraft
- 4[intransitive] to go steeply down through the air The seagulls soared then dived. The plane dived down to attack. see also nosedive Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbsuddenly, vertically prepositionfrom, to See full entry See related entries: Plane travel of prices
- 5[intransitive] to fall suddenly synonym plunge The share price dived from 75p to an all-time low of 50p. See related entries: Trends move/jump/fall
- 6[intransitive] (informal) to move or jump quickly in a particular direction, especially to avoid something, to try to catch a ball, etc. dive for something We heard an explosion and dived for cover (= got into a place where we would be protected). The goalie dived for the ball, but missed it. + adv./prep. It started to rain so we dived into the nearest cafe. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbhead first, headlong, back, … prepositionbeneath, into, through, … phrasesdive for cover See full entry
- 7[intransitive] (in football (soccer ), hockey, etc.) to fall deliberately when somebody tackles you, so that the referee awards a foul Oxford Collocations Dictionary adverbdeep, head first, down, … prepositionfor, from, into, … phrasesgo diving See full entry See related entries: Soccer Word OriginOld English dūfan ‘dive, sink’ and dȳfan ‘immerse’, of Germanic origin; related to deep and dip.Extra examples He dived head first into the water. He dived headlong into the ditch. He went to Greece to go diving. She dived from the top diving board. The plane suddenly dived from 10 000 feet to 5 000. Unlike some birds, it does not dive vertically. We heard an explosion and dived for cover. diving for pearls Phrasal Verbsdive into
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verbBrE BrE//daɪv//; NAmE NAmE//daɪv//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they dive BrE BrE//daɪv//; NAmE NAmE//daɪv//
he / she / it dives BrE BrE//daɪvz//; NAmE NAmE//daɪvz//
past simple dived BrE BrE//daɪvd//; NAmE NAmE//daɪvd//
(North American English also) past simple dove BrE BrE//dəʊv//; NAmE NAmE//doʊv//
past participle dived BrE BrE//daɪvd//; NAmE NAmE//daɪvd//
-ing form diving BrE BrE//ˈdaɪvɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈdaɪvɪŋ//
Soccer, Trends, Diving, Hobbies, Plane travel, SwimmingCheck pronunciation: dive
