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Dive

Dive (dive)
v. i.(d***imacr]v)
Dive
[imp. *** p. p. Dived (d&imacr]vd
  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.

    * 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.

Dive

Dive (dive)
v. t.(?)
Dive
  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.

Dive

Dive (dive)
n.
Dive
  1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.
  2. A place of low resort; a dispreputable bar or nightclub; a dingy hotel; a joint.
    [Slang]

    The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city. J. Hawthorne.













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