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/dˈaɪvɪŋ/ Listen

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

... 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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