| query | If you d___ into some water, you jump in head-first with your arms held straight above your head.If you dive into some water, you jump in head-first with your arms held straight above your head. He tried to escape by diving into a river. She was standing by a pool, about to dive in. Joanne had just learnt to dive. Pat had earlier made a dive of 80 feet from the Chasm Bridge. |
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| word | dive |
| full-definition | verb If you dive into some water, you jump in head-first with your arms held straight above your head. He tried to escape by diving into a river. She was standing by a pool, about to dive in. Joanne had just learnt to dive. Pat had earlier made a dive of 80 feet from the Chasm Bridge. If you dive, you go under the surface of the sea or a lake, using special breathing equipment. Bezanik is diving to collect marine organisms. This sighting occurred during my dive to a sunken wreck off Sardinia. When birds and animals dive, they go quickly downwards, head-first, through the air or through water. ...a pelican which had just dived for a fish. The shark dived down and swam under the boat. If an aeroplane dives, it flies or drops down quickly and suddenly . He was killed when his monoplane stalled and dived into the ground. Witnesses said the plane failed to pull out of a dive and smashed down in a field. If you dive in a particular direction or into a particular place, you jump or move there quickly. They dived into a taxi. The cashier dived for cover when a gunman opened fire. He would dive under one obstacle, round another, and lightly step over a third. He made a sudden dive for Uncle Jim's legs to try to trip him up. If you dive into a bag or container, you put your hands into it quickly in order to get something out. She dived into her bag and brought out a folded piece of paper. If shares, profits, or figures dive, their value falls suddenly and by a large amount. If we cut interest rates, the pound would dive. Profits have dived from £7.7m to £7.1m. The shares dived 22p to 338p. Stock prices took a dive. noun If you describe a bar or club as a dive, you mean it is dirty and dark, and not very respectable . We've played in all the little pubs and dives around Liverpool. |
| inflections | divesdivingdivedhonky-tonk |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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