Thesaurus: dive

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1. v. i. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.
2. v. i. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
3. v. t. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
4. v. t. To explore by diving; to plunge into.
5. n. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.
6. n. A place of low resort.
7. n. a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
8. n. a headlong plunge into water
9. n. a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
10. v. drop steeply
11. v. plunge into water
12. v. swim under water