dive

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To swim under water.

   “He dove in the water to save her.”

2. fiil To jump into water head-first.

   “It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.”

3. fiil To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.

   “to dive into home plate”

4. fiil To descend sharply or steeply.

   “[the Hammersmith & City at Paddington]: There it dived underground, eventually enabling its train services to run over, and be entangled with, the easterly extensions of the Metropolitan and the District.”

5. fiil To lose altitude quickly by pointing downwards, as with a bird or aircraft.
6. fiil To undertake with enthusiasm.

   “She dove right in and started making improvements.”

7. fiil To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
8. fiil To leap while fielding to take a brilliant catch which usually results in a wicket and appreciation.
9. fiil To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.

   “To dive an infant either thrice or but once in Baptism”

10. fiil To explore by diving; to plunge into.

    “The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of flame.”

11. fiil To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

    “dive into the Concerns of all about them”

12. isim A jump or plunge into water.

    “the dive of a hawk after prey”

13. isim A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.

    “The 24-year-old Brazilian hurdler Joao Vitor de Oliveira progressed to the Rio competition’s semi-finals by executing a Superman-style dive headfirst over the finishing line – beating South Africa’s Antonio Alkana by one hundredth of a second.”

14. isim A downward swooping motion.
15. isim A swim under water.
16. isim A decline.
17. isim A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
18. isim Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
19. isim A deliberate fall after a challenge.
20. isim plural of diva
21. isim Obsolete form of daeva.