To swim under water.
He dove in the water to save her.
To jump into water head-first.
It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.
To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
to dive into home plate
A jump or plunge into water.
the dive of a hawk after prey
Obsolete form of daeva.
From Middle English diven, duven, from the merger of Old English dȳfan (“to dip, immerse”, transitive weak verb) (from Proto-Germanic *dūbijaną) and dūfan (“to duck, dive, sink, penetrate”, intransiti...
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