to jump head first into water with the arms stretched out straight above the head.
She learned to dive from the low board first.
The children love to dive for coins in the pool.
✦ From Middle English diven, dyven, from Old English dȳfan (“to dive, sink, dip”), from Proto-West Germanic *dūbjan, from Proto-Germanic *dubjaną (“to dip, dive”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (“deep, deep place, hollow”).
an act of diving into water.
That was a perfect dive!
Her dives improved with practice.
to drop down very quickly and suddenly from a great height.
The plane began to dive.
The hawk dove to catch its prey.
a small, cheap bar or club that is in poor condition.
They hung out at a local dive.
Avoid that dive down the street.
