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verb

Dive v. t. (past & past part. dived, colloq. dove; pres. part. diving)

To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. (Obs.)

To explore by diving; to plunge into. (R.) "The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame." "He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps."

Dive v. i. (past & past part. dived, colloq. dove; pres. part. diving)

To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. "It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them." Note: The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form. "All (the walruses) dove down with a tremendous splash." "When closely pressed it (the loon) dove... and left the young bird sitting in the water."

Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

adjective

Diving adj. That dives or is used or diving.

Diving beetle (Zool.), any beetle of the family Dytiscidae, which habitually lives under water; called also water tiger.

Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above.

Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine.

Diving stone, a kind of jasper.

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Etymology of 'Diving'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Diving" Quotes from Famous Books

... a trap and takes it home. It becomes a fighting cock. The man starts for a cock fight, and on the way is joined by a crocodile, a deer, a mound of earth and a monkey. The rooster kills all the other birds at the fight, then the crocodile wins a diving contest, the deer a race, the mound of earth a wrestling match, and the monkey excels all in climbing. The man wins much money in wagers ...

— Traditions of the Tinguian: A Study in Philippine Folk-Lore • Fay-Cooper Cole

... she must have moved in circles not quite so refined as her present ones. If you see mud on the top of a stream, you may be sure that it was once at the bottom. I went to the bottom. I have always been fond of diving into Queer Street for my amusement, and I found my knowledge of that locality and its inhabitants very useful. It is, perhaps, needless to say that my friends had never heard the name of Beaumont, and as I had never seen the lady, and was quite unable to describe her, I had to set to work in an ...

— The House of Souls • Arthur Machen

... all through diving into the Lilac Bush he seemed to think that he was the only one present ...

— Fairy Prince and Other Stories • Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

... the thought of what I might have to undergo in the translation from certain peculiarities of the Armenian's temper almost unsettled me; but a mechanical diving of my hand into my pocket, and the feeling of the solitary half-crown, confirmed me; after all, this was a life of trial and tribulation, and I had read somewhere or other that there was much merit in patience, so I determined ...

— Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest • George Borrow

... not there when Clarence bounded into the room. "Come on!" yelled the boy, first thrusting his head behind the door, then diving beneath the table, then plucking ...

— Zuleika Dobson - or, An Oxford Love Story • Max Beerbohm

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