- a jump into deep water with your head first and your arms in front of you
- a spectacular high dive (= from high above the water)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- headlong
- nose
- sudden
- …
- make
- take
- dive for
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- an act of going underwater and swimming there with special equipment
- a dive to a depth of 18 metres
- We did a deep dive to see if we could find the wreckage.
- an act of suddenly flying downwards
- The pilot seemed to be having difficulty in pulling out of the dive.
- The plane went into a steep dive.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- steep
- vertical
- gentle
- …
- go into
- pull out of
- (informal) a bar, music club, etc. that is cheap, and perhaps dark or dirty
- The band played in every smoky dive in town.
- (in football (soccer), hockey, etc.) a deliberate fall that a player makes when somebody tackles them
- Kane's dive won England a penalty.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- headlong
- nose
- sudden
- …
- make
- take
- dive for
see also deep dive
jump into water
underwater
of birds/aircraft
bar/club
fall
Word OriginOld English dūfan ‘dive, sink’ and dȳfan ‘immerse’, of Germanic origin; related to deep and dip.
Idioms
See dive in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary(make) a dive (for something)
- to suddenly move or jump forward to do something or reach somebody/something
- The goalkeeper made a dive for the ball.
- Paul made a dive for the fridge to get a drink.
Extra Examples- She made a dive for the door.
- He made a running dive to get across the crevasse.
- There would be a dive for the toilets as soon as the show finished.
take a dive
- (informal) to suddenly get worse
- Profits really took a dive last year.
- The market is volatile and profits could take a dive.
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