| VERB | motion | dive, plunge, plunk | drop steeply |
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| motion | dive | plunge / plunge into water | |
| motion | dive | swim under water | |
| NOUN | artifact | dive, honkytonk | a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall |
| act | dive, diving | a headlong plunge into water | |
| act | dive, nose dive, nosedive | a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft |
| Sounds | day'v | |
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| Rhymes | alive ... thrive: 23 rhymes with ayv... | |
| Meaning | A cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall. | |
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| Synonym | honkytonk | |
| Broader | cabaret, nightclub, night club, club, nightspot | A spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink |
| Spanish | garito, honkytonk, tugurio | |
| Catalan | cofurna, honkytonk, tuguri | |
| Meaning | A headlong plunge into water. | |
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| Synonym | diving | |
| Narrower | belly flop, belly flopper, belly whop, belly whopper | A dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water |
| cliff diving | diving into the water from a steep overhanging cliff | |
| flip | A dive in which the diver somersaults before entering the water | |
| gainer, full gainer | A dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board | |
| half gainer | A dive in which the diver throws the feet forward and up to complete a half backward somersault and enters the water facing the diving board | |
| jackknife | A dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out | |
| swan dive, swallow dive | A dive in which the diver arches the back with arms outstretched before entering the water | |
| Broader | swimming, swim | The act of swimming |
| Spanish | buceo, clavado, inmersión | |
| Catalan | immersió | |
| Verbs | dive | plunge / plunge into water |
| Meaning | A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft. | |
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| Synonyms | nose dive, nosedive | |
| Narrower | power dive | A dive of an airplane that is accelerated both by gravity and by the power of the engine |
| Broader | descent | The act of changing your location in a downward direction |
| Meaning | Drop steeply. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The stock market is going to dive; The airplane is sure to dive | |
| Synonyms | plunge, plunk | |
| Narrower | chute, parachute, jump | Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute |
| crash-dive | descend steeply and rapidly | |
| duck | submerge or plunge / plunge suddenly | |
| nosedive | plunge / plunge nose first | |
| power-dive | make a power dive | |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Similar to | plunge, dump | fall abruptly |
| Spanish | caer en picado, desplomarse, hundirse, sumergirse, zambullirse | |
| Catalan | cabussar-se, capbussar-se, enfonsar-se, submergir-se | |
| Meaning | plunge / plunge into water. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The men dive the area for animals; The men dive for animals in the area | |
| Example | "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool" | |
| Category | water sport, aquatics | sports that involve bodies of water |
| Narrower | belly-flop | dive so that one hits the water with one's belly |
| jackknife | dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife | |
| Broader | submerge, submerse | sink below the surface |
| Spanish | zambullirse | |
| Catalan | cabussar-se, capbussar-se, tirar-se de cap | |
| Nouns | dive, diving | a headlong plunge into water |
| diver | someone who dives (into water) | |
| Meaning | swim under water. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Narrower | skin-dive | swim underwater with no breathing apparatus other than a snorkel |
| snorkel | dive with a snorkel | |
| Broader | swim | Travel through water |
| Spanish | bucear | |
| Catalan | bussejar | |
| Nouns | diver | someone who works underwater |
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