Meaning

8 senses

  1. A jump or plunge into water.

    the dive of a hawk after prey

    ныро́кnyrók, прыжо́кpryžók

    a headlong plunge into water

  2. A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.

  3. A downward swooping motion.

  4. A swim under water.

    Tauchen

  5. A decline.

  6. (slang)A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.

    Spelunke, Kaschemme

    каба́кkabák, забега́ловкаzabegálovka, пивну́шкаpivnúška

  7. Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.

    пике́piké, пики́рованиеpikírovanije

    a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

  8. A deliberate fall after a challenge.

    Schwalbe

Examples

254 sentences

  1. Tom and I didn't go diving yesterday.

    Ми з Томом не займалися вчора дайвінгом. — deniko

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  2. How many times a year do you go scuba diving?

    Скільки разів на рік ти займаєшся дайвінгом? — deniko

    ruСколько раз в год ты ныряешь с аквалангом? — Wezel

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  3. Do you know how to dive?

    Ти вмієш пірнати? — deniko

    ruТы умеешь нырять? — Natalia_Su

    deKannst du tauchen? — Yorwba

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  4. Tom learned to dive when he was five.

    Том навчився пірнати, коли йому було п'ять років. — deniko

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  5. Tom knows how to dive.

    Том уміє пірнати. — deniko

    ruТом умеет нырять. — marafon

    deTom kann tauchen. — wolfgangth

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
a jump into water:
seedy bar:
aerial descend with the nose pointed down:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
a swim under water:
seedy bar:
deliberate fall after a challenge:

Origin

From Middle English diven, duven, from the merger of Old English dȳfan (“to dip, immerse”,

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.

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Forms

plural: dives
Singulardive
Pluraldives

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft:nose divenosedive
  • a headlong plunge into water:diving
  • a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall:honkytonk

Word family

42 related words
DeriveddiverB1back divebackward divebedovencrash divedeep divedeep-divediveabledive bardive boatdivebombdive bomberdive brickdive computerdive indivekeeperdive knifedivemasterdive-underdiveweardiveydolphin diveduck divedumpster dive

Collocations

10 patterns
  • go skin diving
  • skin diving
  • skin diving by
  • skin diving with
  • the diving board
  • diving by ourselves
  • diving board
  • off the diving
  • scuba diving
  • dive into the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dittydiurnaldivadiverB1divergeC1divergentC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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