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Webster's English Dictionary

dive

v. i. [OE. diven, duven, AS. dfan to sink, v. t., fr. dfan, v. i.; akin to Icel. dfa, 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.)

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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.)

v. t. 1. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. (Hooker.)

2. To explore by diving; to plunge into. ()

The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame. (Denham.)

He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps. (Emerson.)

n. 1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively. ()

2. A place of low resort. ()

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