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Dive
noun
1 dive
2 dive
A headlong plunge into water.
synonym: diving.
Dutch: onderwaterzwemmen, duiken, duik, duiksport, duiksprong, onderwatersport
Polish: nurkowanie
3 dive
A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft.
synonyms: nose dive, nosedive.
Dutch: duik, duikvlucht, sliding
Polish: nurkowanie
verb
1 dive
Drop steeply.
synonyms: plunge, plunk.
Roget 267:
sail;
put to sea
etc.
(depart)
293;
take ship,
get under way;
set sail,
spread sail,
spread canvas;
gather way,
have way on;
make sail,
carry sail;
plow the waves,
plow the deep,
plow the main,
plow the ocean;
walk the waters.
navigate,
warp,
luff†,
scud,
boom,
kedge;
drift,
course,
cruise,
coast;
hug the shore,
hug the land;
circumnavigate.
ply the oar,
row,
paddle,
pull,
scull,
punt,
steam.
swim,
float;
buffet the waves,
ride the storm,
skim,
effleurer [Fr.],
dive,
wade.
fly,
be wafted,
hover,
soar,
flutter,
jet,
orbit,
rocket;
take wing,
take a flight,
take off,
ascend,
blast off,
land,
alight;
wing one's flight,
wing one's way;
aviate;
parachute,
jump,
glide.
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Roget 310:
plunge,
dip,
souse,
duck;
dive,
plump;
take a plunge,
take a header;
make a plunge;
bathe
etc.
(water)
337.
submerge,
submerse;
immerse;
douse,
sink,
engulf,
send to the bottom.
get out of one's depth;
go to the bottom,
go down like a stone,
drop like a lead balloon;
founder,
welter,
wallow.
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Dutch: plompen, plonzen
2 dive
Plunge into water.
Dutch: onderduiken
3 dive
Swim under water.
Dutch: onderwaterzwemmen, duiken
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Dives
noun
Roget 803:
wealth,
riches,
fortune,
handsome fortune,
opulence,
affluence;
good circumstances,
easy circumstances;
independence;
competence
etc.
(sufficiency)
639;
solvency.
provision,
livelihood,
maintenance;
alimony,
dowry;
means,
resources,
substance;
property
etc.
780;
command of money.
income
etc.
810;
capital,
money;
round sum
etc.
(treasure)
800;
mint of money,
mine of wealth,
El Dorado [Sp.],
bonanza,
Pacatolus,
Golconda,
Potosi.
long purse,
full purse,
well lined purse,
heavy purse,
deep pockets;
purse of Fortunatus [Lat.];
embarras de richesses [Fr.].
pelf,
Mammon,
lucre,
filthy lucre;
loaves and fishes†.
rich man,
moneyed man,
warm man;
man of substance;
capitalist,
millionaire,
tippybob [Slang],
Nabob,
Croesus,
idas,
Plutus,
Dives,
Timon of Athens†;
Timocracy,
Plutocracy;
Danae.
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