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Dive

Definition: Dive

Dive

Noun

1. A cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall.

2. A headlong plunge into water.

3. A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft.

Verb

1. Drop steeply; "the stock market plunged".

2. Plunge into water; "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool".

3. Swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "dive" was first used: 13th century from Old English expression "dufan" meaning "to dive". (references)

Note: Dive \Dive\, intransitive verb [imperfect & past participle. Dived, colloq. Dove, a relic of the Anglo-Saxon strong forms de['a]f, dofen; Diving.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Dive

DomainDefinition

19th Century Satire

A gambler's retreat. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.

Post & Telecom

Steep descent, with or without power in which the air speed is greater than the maximum speed in horizontal flight. Source: European Union. (references)

Slang in 1811

DIVE. To dive; to pick a pocket. To dive for a dinner; to go down into a cellar to dinner. A dive, is a thief who stands ready to receive goods thrown out to him by a little boy put in at a window. Cant. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Sports & Leisure

Witting the ball very close to the floor while the body is in the air, in full stretch position. The ball may be struck with the back of the hand or wrist. . Source: European Union. (references)

Transportation

A steep descent, with or without power. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Scuba diving

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

SCUBA is an acronym for Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus. In short, scuba diving is an underwater activity practiced with the help of a system or an apparatus (usually a tank and air pressure regulator) able to provide a reserve of gas (usually air) in order to allow the diver to breathe air during the immersion.

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History

See also Timeline of underwater technology.

The first known use of air tanks is in Italy, 15th century: Leonardo da Vinci affirmed in his Atlantic Codex (Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan) that systems were used at that time to artificially breathe under water, but he did not explain them in detail due to what he described as "bad human nature", that would have taken advantage of this technique to sink ships and even commit murders. Some drawings, however, showed different kinds of snorkels and an air tank (to be carried on the breast) that presumably should have no external connections. Other drawings showed a complete immersion kit, with a plunger suit which included a sort of mask with a box for air. The project was so detailed that it included a urine collector, too.

After Leonardo's studies, and those of Halley (yes, the astronomer), in the 19th century August Siebe invented a sort of apparatus but still not completely independent of external air. His studies were perfected by the Frenchman Joseph Cabirol and later, more incisively, by Benoit Rouquayrol and Auguste Denayrouze, who added the first modern air tank.

In 1906 the first decompression tables ("quote decompression method") were released.

In 1915 Sir Robert Davis invented the "Submarine escape apparatus", by which a compressed oxygen bottle could be opened in water in case of need, sending air to mouth. Used air could be then expelled to a filtering "false lung" from where it is finally lost.

In 1925 Yves Le Prieur invented another better developed apparatus in 1933, working with compressed air. It could permit a 20 minute stay at -7 meters and 15 minutes at -15 (these data appear however to be re-checked).

In 1941, during WWII, these experimental apparatuses were used for one of the best known and most spectacular war actions: Italian "Decima Mas" (elite navy corps at the orders of commander Junio Valerio Borghese) entered at nighttime the port of Alexandria, Egypt, in immersion. They used special underwater vehicles ("maiali" = pigs) and breathing apparatus, and were able to silently attach miness on the bottom of the ships, that later were effectively sunk.

In July of 1943 the Frenchman Georges Comheines was able to reach -53 meters (~174 feet), off the coast of Marseille, with a two-bottles apparatus he had developed from Le Prieur's one. Immersion lasted 2 minutes (apparently out of decompression tables).

In the following October, Frédéric Dumas reached -62 meters (~200 feet), with the apparatus co-invented by Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan and named Aqua-lung.

In 1958 the TV series SEA HUNT, introduced SCUBA diving to the TV audience.

Movies have also popularized the sport. SCUBA diving is featured in many James Bond films.

Nitrogen Narcosis Information

The maximum safe depth for normal scuba gear with normal air in the tank is certainly within 50 meters (~150 feet), beyond which nitrogen narcosis becomes an almost certain danger. Onset of narcosis is dependent on the workload, the physical conditions, and training of the diver but also depends on variable gas concentration in blood and lungs, that might change very suddenly with minimum changes of vertical speed (descent). Risk factors are different for each individual, and cannot therefore be reliably foreseen: the appearance of narcosis can be very rapid and faster than the capability of the diver to recognize it. Narcosis will also disappear once you ascend to shallower depth.

It is vital to remember that an accident can occur even in the very first meter of immersion, depending on personal conditions and hazards; every statistical report about accidents demonstrate that claimed "safe ranges" are nothing more than a rough recording of some data (episodically and not organically collected) with no scientific confirmation.

Diving can be an experience capable of producing unique emotions, but only with complete respect of safety rules. Any accident in water, even the "lightest" one, can bring to death to the untrained diver. The rising numbers of deaths in the early years of scuba forced training organisations of come up with minimum standards of training.

Some say that it could be possible to learn how to tolerate narcosis (allegedly, same as with alcohol), but disconcerting doubts cannot allow this statement to be released so easily without at least the mention that nothing and no one can seriously ensure that you will be able to reach again the surface if a similar accident happens, effective known rescues generally having depended on highly hazardous and quite randomized factors.

If Enriched Air Nitrox is used, additional serious risks come from oxygen toxicity. Diving on pure oxygen becomes toxic at a depth of merely 10 ft. Breathing mixes become dangerous when the partial pressure of oxygen reaches 1,4-1,6 bar. Some people consider 1,2 bar dangerous pressure (and some others suggest never passing 0,9), that is reached at a very early depth.

Relatively "safe" deep dives over 70 meters (~210 feet) can be done by well experienced divers using Heliox or Trimix gas mixes. As with Enriched Air Nitrox, special training is obligatory. These depths are however in a range that could recommend a boat-assisted immersion for a different air provision system, such as pneumatic pumps on surface.

Scuba diving requires training, and nobody should consider attempting to dive without professional instruction. Even experienced divers should never dive alone, but instead have a companion (or more) in sight.

Major deadly risk factors include:

Major diving diseases include: "Decompression sickness" ("the bends") is caused by ascending from deep depths too quickly. Nitrogen from the air breathed dissolves in the blood at depth, and as the diver ascends, the nitrogen is released from the blood and forms bubbles throughout the diver's bloodstream, with painful and often fatal results. The prevention is to surface slowly from all dives, so that nitrogen can "de-gass" from the diver's blood without forming bubbles. Divers also ensure adequate de-gassing by performing one or more "safety stops" after long or deep dives, in which the diver hovers at a prescribed depth for a prescribed amount of time before actually surfacing. Dive Tables (and dive computers which use the tables) are used to calculate maximum bottom time, and recommend additional safety stops.

Things to do underwater

Scuba Glossary

; Skin: a lycra suit worn by a diver in warm water or under a wet suit. ; Surface interval: the time between dives. divers need to track this time interval for planning the next dive. ; Time to fly: Divers must wait approx. 24 hours after the last dive before flying. ; Wall diving : Scuba diving along the face of a vertical wall ; Shore diving: Scuba diving that starts from the shore line ; Buddy System: Two divers that dive together as a team for safety ; Trash dive: a dive dedicated to removing trash from the underwater environment ; Divemaster: A professional level diver who is in charge of the dive. ; Beach master: A person on the beach who records when divers enter and exit the water. Typically used during scuba classes to keep track of the students, watch the gear, provide assistance when required. ; C-card: Certification card (proof of training or experience) ; Log Book: List of the dives a diver has recorded for proof of experience. ; Dive Tables: Give the maximum times that can be spent at depth, and pauses needed during ascent, before Decompression sickness becomes a danger. ; Navy Tables : A set of dive tables developed by the US Navy. Used by early divers as a method to determine maximum time and depth. ; Dive Shop : supplier of dive equipment or training, or organizer of dive expeditions. ; Dive Flag : Flag used by a boat to indicate that it has 'divers down'. Comes in two versions: the international (international code letter flag 'A', ) and the American (red flag with white diagonal, ), introduced by Ted Nixon in 1956. Boats must maintain a minimum distance away from the flag. Personal water craft pose a hazard to divers, and sadly few operators do know what a dive flag is. Some believe it is turn marker. If you observe a personal water craft operating to close to a dive flag contact the lake patrol. ; Hard Hat diving: A term for commercial divers. Refers to the old style brass helmet tethered divers used to wear. ; Dive club: a group of people with an interest in SCUBA diving ; Navy SEAL: A highly trained military diver (
http://www.sealchallenge.navy.mil/ ) ; Frogman: A slag term for scuba divers ; Fire Diving: An urban legend about a diver who is scooped up by a plane/chopper and dropped on a forest fire led someone to build a web site for the fictitious sport of Firediving

Training and Certification

Becoming a scuba diver requires training. Dive training organisations can be found throughout the world, and in very large numbers in popular dive spots. A good dive training organisation will always offer courses to the standard of a recognised certification organisation, such as those listed below. Many dive shops in popular holiday locations offer courses that can teach you to dive in a few days, and can be combined with your vacation.

Initial training can be broken down into three phases.

Upon completing the course the student is issued a certification card.

Many of the activities mentioned above require additional training to be done safely.

Certifying dive organizations include:

Other organizations:

Other: ACUC, ANIS, CEDIP, DIWA, ESA, FIAS, FIPS, IADS, IAHD, IDD, NASE, PDA, PSA, SUSV, TDI, TSA, VDST, VDTL, VIT, YMCA, ÖSPV

External links

Popular locations for SCUBA diving

Equipment Manufacturers

Equipment used in scuba diving


A diver in a pool wearing a full face mask from AGA and a twin 6 liter 300 bar tank rig.
All modern regulators consists of two stages. The first stage attaches to the tank and reduces the tank pressure to aprox. 1 MPa obove ambient pressure. This intermediate pressure gas is lead through a hose to the second stage witch in turn reduces the gas pressure to ambient pressure. Earlier models of regulators had the two stages combined into one. Air was supplied to the diver via a large corrugated hose to the divers mouth piece. Exhaled gas returned via a second hose back to the regulator where it was released into the water.

Works just as the "dry" versions. Often worn on the forearm, just as a clock.

Movies that feature Scuba Diving

Scuba Magazines

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Dive

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

DIVE

EnglishDirect Interface Video ExtensionsComputer - (IBM, MMPM/2)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Dive

Synonyms: diving (n), honkytonk (n), nose dive (n), plunge (v), plunk (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Dive

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Abode

Assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house, cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop, dive, exchange; grill room, saloon, shebeen; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada; almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse.

Inquiry

Examine, study, consider, calculate; dip into, dive into, delve into, go deep into; make sure of, probe, sound, fathom; probe to the bottom, probe to the quick; scrutinize, analyze, anatomize, dissect, parse, resolve, sift, winnow; view in all its phases, try in all its phases; thresh out.

Navigation

Swim, float; buffet the waves, ride the storm, skim, effleurer, dive, wade.

Plunge

Verb: plunge, dip, souse, duck; dive, plump; take a plunge, take a header; make a plunge; bathe;(water).

Noun: plunge, dip, dive, header; ducking; Verb: diver.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Dive

English words defined with "dive": belly flop, belly flopper, belly whop, belly whopperdive bomber, Dived, diving board, diving duckflip, full gainergainerhalf gainer, headfirst, headlongjackknifepower dive, power-divesnorkel, swallow dive, swan dive. (references)
Specialty definitions using "dive": bounce divedive bombing, Dog and Duckforward dive, front diveHigh Pressure Neurological Syndromeintervention divejack-knife, jack-knife divenegative acceleration, negative G, negative load factorpickle-rollertrud count. (references)
Etymologies containing "dive": urinator. (references)

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Modern Usage: Dive

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Picture a girl who took a nose dive from the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down (Saving Private Ryan; writing credit: Robert Rodat)

We can always dive for the Andrea Doria (Hysterical; writing credit: Chris Bearde; Bill Hudson)

Go for it man, jump off the high dive, stare down the barrel of the gun, pee into the wind (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

You've got to dive into the ocean and fight with the sharks (Tenacious D; writing credit: Masato Ochi)

Lyrics

I want dive into your ocean (Here Comes the Rain Again; performing artist: Eurythmics)

They dive like dolphins (Danger (Been So Long); performing artist: Mystikal)

We do the dive every time we dance (Buffalo Stance; performing artist: Neneh Cherry)

Running down underground to a dive bar (WEST END GIRLS; performing artist: Pet Shop Boys)

So baby's gonna take a dive and (To the Moon and Back; performing artist: Savage Garden)

Movie/TV Titles

High Dive Kids (1956)

We Dive at Dawn (1943)

Dive Bombing (1943)

Crash Dive (1943)

Dive Bomber (1941)

Song Titles

Dive (performing artist: Mighty Force)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Dive

DomainTitle

References

  • Cal Dive International Inc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Florida Keys Dive Guide (reference)

  • The Best Dive Sites of the World (reference)

  • The Dive from Clausen's Pier (reference)

  • The Exuma Guide: A Cruising Guide to the Exuma Cays: Approaches, Routes, Anchorages, Dive Sights, Flora, Fauna, History, and Lore of the Exuma Cays (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • National Geographic's Really Wild Animals: Deep Sea Dive (reference)

  • We Dive at Dawn (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Dive

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Photo Album: Dive

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A colorful dive shop. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Skin divers getting ready for a dive off the SHACKLETON. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

A charter dive boat moored at a marina. Credit: Fisheries.

Small vessel used as a dive boat for sea urchin harvesting. Credit: Fisheries.

In the foreground, John Iliff, the NOAA project manager for the restoration at Mona Island prepares to dive. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

1975 cover of the NOAA Dive Manual. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Dr. Sylvia Earle prepares to dive in a JIM suit. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Scorpion fish, Dendrochirus brachypterus, on inside of concrete pipe. Observed during night dive. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Cushion starfish, Culcita novaeguineae, and the goatfish Parapeneus multifasciatus (Moano) on a night dive on the reef. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Dive Support Team preparing to assist with tide gauge installation. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Dive
 

"Dive tower 1" by Bjarte Kvinge Tvedt
Commentary: "Morning dive-tower. ."
"Puddle diving" by Max Gaugush
Commentary: "A kid lands a perfect dive with a half twist into a puddle."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Use in Literature: Dive

TitleAuthorQuote

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Dive, thoughts, down to my soul

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Indeed, they sometimes dive below this line, as it were by mistake, and are undeceived

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Dive

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

There are dive shops that specialize in selling diving equipment such as masks, fins, regulators, buoyancy compensating devices (BCDs), tanks, compressors, booties, and supplies such as bags, hooks, and mouthpieces. (references)

Economic History

Maldives

Likewise, many resorts offer dive centers with equipment available for rental. (references)

Maldives

Some also offer deep-sea fishing expeditions and require fishing gear and specialized sport fishing craft as well as dive boats. (references)

Maldives

Boats, marine equipment, dive/fishing equipment and accessories: Many resorts retain a small number of motor-powered boats to ferry visitors to/from the airport, Male', and dive sites. (references)

Worker Rights

Honduras

Boys between the ages of 13 and 18 work on lobster boats, where they dive illegally with little safety or health protection. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Dive

"Dive" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 57.75% of the time. "Dive" is used about 567 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)57.75%32815,879
Lexical Verb (infinitive)30.11%17123,814
Lexical Verb (base form)11.62%6641,290
Noun (proper)0.53%3202,518
                    Total100.00%567N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Dive

CountryName
USA

Cal Dive International Inc

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Dive

Expressions using "dive": angle of dive back dive back dive layout backward dive bounce dive crash dive dive bomber dive bombing dive brake dive braking flap dive down on the enemy dive flap dive for the ball dive headfirst dive in dive in! dive into dive under do a forward dive do a racing dive forward dive front dive intervention dive make a dive for make a headlong dive nose dive power dive reverse dive sky dive spiral dive stall dive swallow dive swan dive take a dive vertical dive. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "dive": dive-bomb, dive-bombed, dive-bomber, dive-bombers, dive-bombing, dive-bombs, dive-in.

Ending with "dive": angle-of-dive, back-dive, crash-dive, death-dive, mid-dive, nose-dive, post-dive, power-dive, pre-dive, scuba-dive, skin-dive, stage-dive, swallow-dive, swan-dive.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dive

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

dive

602

dive table

43

scuba dive

550

dive flag

41

dive watch

458

dive knife

40

dive equipment

433

dive trip

38

dive gear

277

seiko dive watch

35

pro dive

206

dive log

34

dive computer

160

dive mask

33

dive shop

132

fiesta americana cozumel dive resort

33

citizen dive watch

132

deep dive

32

dive light

129

dive site

32

dive travel

81

suunto dive computer

31

dive vacation

80

dive resort

31

darwin dive

73

compressor dive

31

skin dive

71

dive bob

31

dive rite

58

maui dive shop

29

muff dive

52

dive mask prescription

27

deep dive hearts kingdom

52

dive magazine

27

sky dive

51

scuba dive gear

27

dive boat

50

scuba dive equipment

26

galapagos dive trip

47

scuba dive hawaii

26
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Dive

Language Translations for "dive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

rrëmoj (delve, dig, ferret about, ferret out, forage, Mold, mole, mould, rout, rummage, scavenge, search), fus dorën, fut dorën, futem (affiliate, be propagated, break in, drive into, enter, get into, go in, interfere, join, join in, launch, lend oneself to, penetrate, plough into, plunge, sink in, slide, start, stuff, worm), kredhje (dip, diving, duck out, immersion, plunge), kridhem (dip, plough, plow, sink), bie në pikiatë (nosedive), pikiatë (nosedive), zhytje (absorption, dip, dipping, diving, duck out, immersion, infusion, plunging, sinking, submergence), vend bixhozi, zbres (alight, bring down, climb down, debus, deduct, descend, dip, discount, dismount, drop off, go down, knock off, let off, light, lower, reckon off, recoup, step down, subduct, subtract, take away), zhys (dip, immerse, plunge, submerge), zhyt (dip, immerse, plunge, steepen, submerge), zhytem (dip, go under, merge, pore, sink, soak, wallow), zhytet (draw, welter), mejhane (greasy spoon, joint, pothouse, tavern). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏هبوط مفاجئ (anticlimax, flop, slump), ‏هبط (come down, decline, descend, fall, set down, slump, subside), ‏قحم في, ‏قحم (dip, plunge, push through), ‏حمل الطائرة على الهبوط, ‏غوص (bog, diving, draught, pearl fishery, pitch, plunge, sink, submerge, submergence), ‏غطس (dip, douse, duck, immerse, immersion, plunge, plunk, sink, submerge), ‏غاص (sink), ‏حانة سيئة السمعة, ‏تعمق (deepen, dig, go deeply into), ‏سقط (bring down, cave, come off, dip, down, drop, drop out, failed, fall, go by the board, settle, skip, spill, sprawl, squirt, topple, trip, tumble), ‏إنقضاض (assault, onrush, onslaught, run, rush, stoop, storm, swoop), ‏إنغمس (dip, plunge, welter), ‏إندفاع (break, burst, dash, drift, fling, impulse, impulsion, impulsiveness, lunge, onrush, prod, raciness, rush, scramble, surge, tear). (various references)

   

Blackfoot

  

isttayi (to dive). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

скок във вода (diving, plunge), хвърлям се (flounce about, rush, toss), гмуркане (diving, duck, plunge), гмуркам се (plunge, sound), мушване (jab, poke, prod), задълбочавам се (delve, immerse, pore), пъхване, пъхвам (pop in, shoot, stuff), потапям се, пикиране (nose dive, swoop), пикирам (nose dive, souse, swoop), изба (cellar, vault), долнопробна кръчма (honky tonk, jerry shop, pothouse). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

潛水 , 下潜 (Dives). (various references)

   

Cornish

  

dyvya (to dive). (various references)

   

Czech

  

zahloubat se do (become thoughtful), stok do vody, skok (bound, dash, Dido, hop, jump, leap, look in, prance, spring, vault), skoèit do vody, robinzonáda, putyka, prudce klesnout (slump), ponořit se (delve, dip, duck, immerse, plunge, submerge), ponoření se (dip), krèma (boozer, pub, tavern), špeluòka. (various references)

   

Danish

  

synke (sink), dykke (plunge, sink). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

duiken (plunge, sink). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

subakviĝi (sink), plonĝi (plunge). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

kava (sink, snow), fara undir í vatni (sink). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فرورفتن(مج.), غواصی کردن , تفحص کردن (Hunt), شیرجه رفتن (Jackknife, Plunge), شیرجه (Plunge). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

syöksy (rush). (various references)

   

French

  

plonger (dip), plongeon, piqué. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

dûke (plunge). (various references)

   

German

  

tauchen (appear, dip, disappear, diving, duck, duck under, emerge, immerse, plunge, sink, skin diving, skin-dive, soak, stay under water, submerge, to dip (in, to dive), untertauchen (disappear, dive under, duck, go underground, immerse, immersion, lie up, plunge, sink, submerge, submergence), sturzflug (nose dive, swoop), kopfsprung (header, plunge). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καταγώγιο (den, joint), καταδύομαι (merge, plunge, submerge, submerse), βουτώ (dip, douse, duck, immerse, pick pockets, pinch, plunge, sop, steal, steep, submerge, submerse, take a dive). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לצלול (plunge, sink), צלילה (diving, plunge, plunging). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

zuhanás (crash, crump, diving, falling, plump, slump, thud, thump), lemerülés (diving, dousing, duck), fejesugrás (header, plunge, straight header). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

penyelaman, menyelam (diving, duck, immerse, submerge), menukik (make a notch), menghunjam. (various references)

   

Italian

  

tuffarsi (dip, duck, plunge), picchiata (beating, blow, diving, knocking, nosedive, swoop). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

飛込み (jump, plunge), 飛び込み (jump, plunge). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

とびこみ (jump, plunge). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

급강 (Dives). (various references)

   

Manx

  

thummey (dip, douse, duck; diving, ducking, immerse, immersion, lunge, pitch, plunge, soak, sop, steep, steeping, submerge, submersion), shebeen (shebeen). (various references)

   

Maori

  

ruku-hia (to dive). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

dykke, dykk, stupe, stup. (various references)

   

Papago

  

wachum (to dive). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

sambuyá (plunge). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iveday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

mergulho (dash, dip, dipping, diving, ducking, plash, plunge, scuba, scuba diving, sinking, souse), mergulhar (dip, drown, immerse, lade, let up fall, plunge, sink, submerge). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

dispariţie bruscã, sãri în apã, afundare (dip, ducking, immersion, plunge, sinking), bombã (bomb, bombshell, crib, egg, jerry shop, pot house, shell), coborî în picaj, local la subsol, picaj (diving, nose dive, swooping), afunda (deepen, depress, dip, disappear, dissolve, drench, duck, immerse, sink, soak, submerge), plonjare (plunge), se scufunda (duck, founder, go down, go to the bottom, go under, ground, sink), sãriturã în apã, salt (bounce, bound, caper, Frisk, gambol, header, hop, jump, leap, resilience, saltation, skip, spring, start, vault, vaulting), scufunda (dip, drown, engulf, founder, run down, send to the bottom, sink, soak, submerge, subside, swamp, whelm), scufundare în apã (diving), se arunca în apã, se arunca cu capul în jos (precipitate), se cufunda (mouse over, sink), plonja (plunge, plunge in). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

sfunsar (to dive). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

внезапное исчезновение, винный погребок (bodega, wine vault, wineshop), нырять прыжок, нырять (duck), ныряние (diving, duck, ducky, lunge, plunge), нырнуть (take a header), лазить по карманам, подземный туннель, пикировать (dart down, dart downwards, fall into a nosedive, nosedive, pique, swoop down), пикирование (diving, nose dive, nosedive), пивнушка (gin mill, jerry shop, jerry-shop), дешевый ресторан (chop-house, eating house, eating-house, hash house). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

zaroniti (immerse, sink, submerge, submerse), uroniti (immerse, merge, plunge, submerse), skok u vodu (highboard-diving), skočiti (go up, jump, leap, plunge, rally, spring, vault), skakati u vodu, ronjenje (diving), roniti, pikirati (pique). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

bucear (diving, plunge, sink), zambullirse (duck, plunge), picado (choppy, dived, ground, nosedive, vexed). (various references)

   

Swazi

  

kú-cwila (to dive). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

dyka (plunge, submerge). (various references)

   

Thai

  

พุ่งหลาวลงน้ำ, การพุ่งลงน้ำ, การปักหัวเครื่องบินลง, การดำน้ำ, ดำน้ำ (duck). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

dalmak (barge, bathe, be absorbed in, be lost in thought, be wraped up in, bounce, break, break into, conk, contemplate, cut into, dip, drop, drowse off, duck, engross, groove, jut into, lose oneself in, meditate, muse, nip in, pitch into, plummet, plunge, pore, pore over, rush in, rush into, sail in, sink, sink into), dalma (absorption, contemplation, dip, dipping, diving, engrossment, immersion, plunge, scuba diving, submersion), dalış (diving, plunge), düşmek (behoove, behove, collapse, come down, come down in the world, crash, crumble, crumple, crumple up, decline, decrease, deduct, degrade, droop, drop, drop down, drop off, ebb, end up, fall, fall among, fall down, fall from, fall in a heap, fall off, fall on, fall on evil days, fall over, go down, land, lapse, pitch, plonk, plunge, plunk, recede, rest with, sag, scale down, sink, sink into, step down, subside into, take a toss, tumble, tumble down), yaylanarak atlama, pike yapmak (nosedive), pike (diving, nosedive, pique), gömülmek (be buried, be swamped with, sink, sink into), elini daldırmak, batakhane (barrel house, den, den of vice, disorderly house, gambling den, honky tonk, joint), azalmak (abate, be on the wane, be reduced, decay, decline, decrease, de-escalate, diminish, drop off, dwindle, ease off, fall away, fall off, lessen, run short of, run short of smth., sag, scale down, shorten, shrink, sink, tail, wane, wear away), atlamak (arc, arc over, elide, grasp at, hop, hop on, jump, leap, leave out, miss out, omit, skip, snatch at, vault), atlama (crossover, hop, jump, jumping, leap, omission, skip, skipping, spring, take off, vault, vaulting). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

стрибок (bounce, bound, caper, curvet, gambade, gambado, gambol, hop, jump, leap, leaping, pounce, prance, saltation, skip, souse, spirt, spring, spurt), нирок (canvas-back), занурюватися (dip, douse, dowse, merge, plunge, swamp), занурення (dip, dipping, diving, immersion, plunge, plunging, sinking, steep), пірнати (dap, duck, plunge), пікірувати (nosedive, pique), пікірування (diving), пивничка (gin mill). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

suddo (invest, sink), plannu (plant). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Dive

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Old English450-1100

dufan. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Dive

Derivations

Words beginning with "dive": divebomb, divebombed, divebombing, divebombs, dived, diver, diverge, diverged, divergence, divergences, divergencies, divergency, divergent, divergently, diverges, diverging, divers, diverse, diversely, diverseness, diversenesses, diversification, diversifications, diversified, diversifier, diversifiers, diversifies, diversify, diversifying, diversion, diversionary, diversionist, diversionists, diversions, diversities, diversity, divert, diverted, diverter, diverters, diverticula, diverticular, diverticulitis, diverticulitises, diverticuloses, diverticulosis, diverticulum, divertimenti, divertimento, divertimentos, diverting. (additional references)

Words ending with "dive": endive, gerundive, khedive, nosedive, postdive, predive, skydive, updive. (additional references)

Words containing "dive": biodiversities, biodiversity, endives, gerundives, khedives, nondiversified, nosedives, overdiversified, overdiversities, overdiversity, postdivestiture, skydived, skydiver, skydivers, skydives, updived, updives. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Dive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adiuva, aive, bive, daiv, daiva, darve, dav, dava, dave, Davex, davi, deve, Deven, devet, devey, Devoe, Dhivehi, diae, dibe, dide, difa, dige, dival, divam, divee, divey, divi, divia, divie, Divo, Divoky, divox, divs, divv, divy, dize, djize, doif, dova, dovel, doven, dovew, dovey, dovie, dovy, duva, duve, duvey, Duvy, dv, dva, Dvu, Dyf, dyv, Dyve, Edgiva, eive, tiva, tive, tyve. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Dive"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "dive" (pronounced dī"v)
2-ī" valive, arrive, connive, contrive, deprive, derive, drive, five, hive, jive, live, revive, shive, strive, survive, thrive.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Dive

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: vide, vied.

Words within the letters "d-e-i-v"

-1 letter: dev, die, vie.

-2 letters: de, ed, id.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-i-v"
 

+1 letter: devil, dived, diver, dives, drive, hived, ivied, jived, lived, rived, viced, video, vined, vised, wived.

 

+2 letters: advice, advise, cervid, dative, davies, derive, devein, device, devils, devise, devoid, devoir, divers, divert, divest, divide, divine, drivel, driven, driver, drives, endive, envied, evited, fervid, invade, levied, nevoid, reived, sieved, skived, swived, updive, vailed, varied, veiled, veined, verbid, verdin, vespid, vialed, videos, viewed, visaed, viseed, voiced, voided, voider, waived.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Images: Digital Art
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Names: Company Usage
13. Expressions
14. Expressions: Internet
15. Translations: Modern
16. Translations: Ancient
17. Abbreviations
18. Acronyms
19. Derivations
20. Rhymes
21. Anagrams
22. Bibliography


  

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