Definition
to dive (into a swimming pool): to jump (into a swimming pool) head first; to swim under water (usually with breathing equipment); to fall, to descend (figuratively)
Stock prices dived 100 points yesterday on Wall Street. It's a crisis situation!
Anthony is a diving instructor. He teaches people how to swim under water.
This is an irregular verb:
I dive / I dove or dived / I have dove or dived
a dive: a jump (into water); a drop, a fall, a descent
to dive into (an activity): to start doing (an activity) suddenly and energetically
With no real experience, I had to dive into my new job as a school teacher.
- "He's got to learn how to sell, Philip, and what better way is there for him to learn than to dive right in?"
- "Dive, dive, dive!"
- "With me, you will learn the five D's of dodgeball: dodge, duck, dip, dive and... dodge."
- "A 15-year-old boy wreaked havoc today at White Dove High School when he pulled out candy from his bag and threw it "quite hard" at fellow students."
- "Camera footage shows Oléré diving into a pool of caviar in full scuba gear at one point."
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