āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to dive
01
āĻĄā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻ˛āĻžāĻĢāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to jump into water, usually hands and head first
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She dived off the diving board with grace.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĄā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
1.1
āĻĄā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to swim under water for specific purposes using special swimming and breathing equipment
Intransitive: to dive | to dive somewhere
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He will dive in the deep ocean to study underwater caves.
āĻ¸ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ
āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĄā§āĻŦ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž
(of an aircraft or a bird) to descend steeply in the air
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Spotting a school of fish below, the dolphin dove gracefully into the water.
āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§, āĻĄāĻ˛āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻĄā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
01
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ, āĻāĻ˛āĻŽāĻā§āĻ¨
a headlong plunge into water
1.1
āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻ, āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻž
a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
02
āĻ¸āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦ, āĻ āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻ¨āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻ˛
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
diver
diving
dive
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
