dive
verb/daɪv/
/daɪv/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they dive | /daɪv/ /daɪv/ |
| he / she / it dives | /daɪvz/ /daɪvz/ |
| past simple dived | /daɪvd/ /daɪvd/ |
| (North American English also) past simple dove | /dəʊv/ /dəʊv/ |
| past participle dived | /daɪvd/ /daɪvd/ |
| -ing form diving | /ˈdaɪvɪŋ/ /ˈdaɪvɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to jump into water with your head and arms going in first
- dive (from/off something) (into something) We dived into the river to cool off.
- dive off something He dived off the bridge.
- dive in Sam walked to the deep end of the pool and dived in.
Extra ExamplesTopics Sports: water sportsb2- He dived head first into the water.
- She dived from the top diving board.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- head first
- down
- …
- for
- from
- into
- …
- go diving
- (usually 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- deep
- head first
- down
- …
- for
- from
- into
- …
- go diving
- [intransitive] to go to a deeper level underwater
- The submarine dived to avoid being seen.
- The whale dived as the harpoon struck it.
- [intransitive] to go steeply down through the air
- The seagulls soared then dived.
- The plane dived down to attack.
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by airb2, Birdsb2- The plane suddenly dived from 10 000 feet to 5 000.
- Unlike some birds, it does not dive vertically.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- suddenly
- vertically
- from
- to
- [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.
- He dived headlong into the ditch.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- head first
- headlong
- back
- …
- beneath
- into
- through
- …
- dive for cover
- [intransitive] (in football (soccer), hockey, etc.) to fall deliberately when somebody tackles youTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
- deep
- head first
- down
- …
- for
- from
- into
- …
- go diving
- [intransitive] to fall suddenly synonym plunge
- The share price dived from 75p to an all-time low of 50p.
jump into water
underwater
of birds/aircraft
move/jump/fall
of prices
Word OriginOld English dūfan ‘dive, sink’ and dȳfan ‘immerse’, of Germanic origin; related to deep and dip.
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