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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

... pursuing, envious companions. Off went the twelve dimples, marking the aquatic footprints of the trio of striders; and as the bearer of the ant dodged one of its own kind, it was suddenly threatened by a small, jet submarine of a diving beetle. At the very moment when the pursuit was hottest, and it seemed anybody's ant, I looked aside, and the little water-bugs passed from my sight forever—for scattered over the surface were seven strange, ...

— Edge of the Jungle • William Beebe

... tests as well as those of diving, were expected to be indulged in every day during their stay in Camp Surprise, the boys would keep well away from the place where that steady swirl in the water told of the ...

— The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour - The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain • George A. Warren

... crowd, like a football player diving for a tackle, Philip hurled himself upon a little dark man standing close to the open door of the court carriage. From the rear Philip seized him around the waist and locked his arms behind him, elbow to elbow. Philip's face, appearing over the man's shoulder, ...

— The Red Cross Girl • Richard Harding Davis

... red flannel from an old shirt, and some scraps of sheepskin supplied the remaining raw material. Caleb took an increasing interest, and helped them not only to make the bonnet, but also to decide on what things should count coup and what grand coup. Sam had a number of feathers for shooting, diving, "massacreeing the Whites," and his grand tufted feathers for felling the ...

— Two Little Savages • Ernest Thompson Seton

... prey from the front. It is obvious that by pressing its head to the ground the frog tends to prevent any animal from getting it into its mouth, and in the few instants' delay thus gained it is able to jump. This is just the movement necessary for diving, and it is probable that the action should be interpreted in the light of that instinctive reflex. The 'puffing' also would seem to make seizure more difficult. Another fact which favors this interpretation ...

— Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 • Various

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