Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Diva \Di"va\ (d[=e]"v[.a]), n.; It. pl. {Dive} (d[=e]"v[=a]).
[It., prop. fem. of divo divine, L. divus.]
A prima donna.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dive \Dive\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dived}, colloq. {Dove}, a
relic of the AS. strong forms de['a]f, dofen; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Diving}.] [OE. diven, duven, AS. d?fan to sink, v. t., fr.
d?fan, v. i.; akin to Icel. d?fa, G. taufen, E. dip, deep,
and perh. to dove, n. Cf. {Dip}.]
1. 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. --Whately.
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. --Dr. Hayes.
When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and
left the young bird sitting in the water. --J.
Burroughs.
2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject,
question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
--South.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dive \Dive\, v. t.
1. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
[Obs.] --Hooker.
2. To explore by diving; to plunge into. [R.]
The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame. --Denham.
He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps. --Emerson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Dive \Dive\, n.
1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who
dives, literally or figuratively.
2. A place of low resort. [Slang]
The music halls and dives in the lower part of the
city. --J.
Hawthorne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
dive
n 1: a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall [syn: {honkytonk}]
2: a headlong plunge into water [syn: {diving}]
3: a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft [syn: {nose dive}]
v 1: drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" [syn: {plunge}, {plunk}]
2: plunge into water; "I was afraid to dive from the board into
the pool"
3: swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking
for shells"
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