Definition of Dive

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Definition of Dive

Dive

To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

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

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

To explore by diving; to plunge into.

A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.

A place of low resort.

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Dive Quotations

If everything had already been done, there would be nothing left for young people to accomplish. There are always going to be people who run faster, jump higher, dive deeper, and come up drier.
Darrell Royal

This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can't see how deep it is.
Dennis Rodman

I think you have to know who you are. Get to know the monster that lives in your soul, dive deep into your soul and explore it.
Tori Amos

I try to swim every damn day I can, and I've learned to scuba dive and snorkel.
Nina Simone

If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.
Laurence Olivier

Dive on them and squash them if you must.
Jeremy Taylor

He who would search for pearls must dive below.
John Dryden

You have to really dive deep back into yourself and get rid of so much modern analytical categorization. It's one of the great things poetry does.
Robert Morgan

We had doubles for some of the stuff but a lot of it had to do with there's certain hours that you can dive and then you can't dive for another certain, like 12 hours just for the air and stuff.
Ashley Scott

I was taking a nose dive somewhere between eleven and twelve because my sister had died and I was practicing something that siblings do which is follow in their footsteps and die as well.
Leo Kottke

Dive Translations

dive in Danish is synke, dykke
dive in Dutch is duiken
dive in French is plongeons, plongez, plonge, plongent, plonger
dive in German is tauchen, tauchen, tauche
dive in Italian is mi tuffo
dive in Norwegian is stupe, stup, dykk, dykke
dive in Portuguese is mergulho
dive in Spanish is bucear
dive in Swedish is dyka

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