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Diving   /dˈaɪvɪŋ/   Listen
Diving

noun
1.
An athletic competition that involves diving into water.  Synonym: diving event.
2.
A headlong plunge into water.  Synonym: dive.



Dive

verb
(past & past part. dived, colloq. dove; pres. part. diving)
1.
Drop steeply.  Synonyms: plunge, plunk.
2.
Plunge into water.
3.
Swim under water.



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"Diving" Quotes from Famous Books



... Diving in under the other's surprisingly agile arms, he slashed the bear's stomach with one of his razorlike eyeteeth; then spun to one side and was out of reach. Down came the bear, on all fours; raging from the slash. Lurching forward, he flung his huge bulk at the ...
— Further Adventures of Lad • Albert Payson Terhune

... a coral atoll managed as a national wildlife refuge and open to the public for wildlife-related recreation in the form of wildlife observation and photography, sport fishing, snorkeling, and scuba diving; the refuge is temporarily closed for reorganization ...
— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... adept at thieving as the majority of the South Sea Islanders. One man, who had stolen some books from the Master's cabin, got off in his canoe, and being chased, took to the water, and diving under his pursuers' boat, unshipped the rudder, and got clear away. Mr. Wales, in going ashore, took off his shoes and stockings to save them from the wet, when they were at once snatched up by a native, who ran off with ...
— The Life of Captain James Cook • Arthur Kitson

... as cream, With long stems dripping crystal? Are there none Like those white lilies, luminous and cool, Plucked from some hemlock-darkened northern stream By fair-haired swimmers, diving where the sun Scarce warms the surface of the ...
— Nets to Catch the Wind • Elinor Wylie

... Hastily diving into his bag the coroner produced a pair of long keen scissors and slit the short, frozen sheepskin coat. In the breast-pocket of the coat underneath, amongst other miscellany two old letters rewarded his search. He glanced at the superscriptions ...
— The Luck of the Mounted - A Tale of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police • Ralph S. Kendall


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