transcription, транскрипция: [ daɪv ]
( dives, diving, dived)
Note: American English sometimes uses the form 'dove', pronounced / doʊv / for the past tense.
1.
If you dive into some water, you jump in head-first with your arms held straight above your head.
He tried to escape by diving into a river...
She was standing by a pool, about to dive in...
Joanne had just learnt to dive.
VERB : V into n , V in , V
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Dive is also a noun.
Pat had earlier made a dive of 80 feet from the Chasm Bridge.
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2.
If you dive , you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment.
Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms.
VERB : V
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Dive is also a noun.
This sighting occurred during my dive to a sunken wreck off Sardinia.
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3.
When birds and animals dive , they go quickly downwards, head-first, through the air or through water.
...a pelican which had just dived for a fish...
VERB : V
4.
If an aeroplane dives , it flies or drops down quickly and suddenly.
He was killed when his monoplane stalled and dived into the ground.
VERB : V prep / adv , also V
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Dive is also a noun.
Witnesses said the plane failed to pull out of a dive and smashed down in a field.
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5.
If you dive in a particular direction or into a particular place, you jump or move there quickly.
They dived into a taxi...
= leap
VERB : V prep / adv
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Dive is also a noun.
He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim’s legs to try to trip him up.
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6.
If you dive into a bag or container, you put your hands into it quickly in order to get something out.
She dived into her bag and brought out a folded piece of paper.
VERB : V into n
7.
If shares, profits, or figures dive , their value falls suddenly and by a large amount. ( JOURNALISM )
If we cut interest rates, the pound would dive...
Profits have dived from £7.7m to £7.1m...
The shares dived 22p to 338p.
VERB : V , V from/to/by amount , V amount
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Dive is also a noun.
Stock prices took a dive.
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8.
If you describe a bar or club as a dive , you mean it is dirty and dark, and not very respectable. ( INFORMAL )
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