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- 1. denoting shellfish collected from the seabed by divers rather than harvested by dredging boats: "hand-dived scallops"
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to jump into water, especially with your head and arms going in first, or to move down under the water: dive for Look at those children diving for oysters over there! dive in They ran to the pool, dived in, and swam to the other side. dive off Mark dived off the bridge into the river.
1. a. : to plunge into water intentionally and especially headfirst. also : to execute a dive (see dive entry 2 sense 1a (1)) diving into the pool from the highest platform. b. : submerge. the submarine dived. 2. a. : to come or drop down precipitously : plunge. the temperature is diving. b. : to plunge one's hand into something.
Define dived. dived synonyms, dived pronunciation, dived translation, English dictionary definition of dived. v. dived or dove , dived , div·ing , dives v. intr. 1. a. To plunge, especially headfirst, into water. b. To execute a dive in athletic competition. c.
noun. an act or instance of diving. a jump or plunge into water, especially in a prescribed way from a diving board. the vertical or nearly vertical descent of an airplane at a speed surpassing the possible speed of the same plane in level flight. a submerging, as of a submarine or skin diver.
to jump into water, especially with your head and arms going in first, or to move down under the water: dive for Look at those children diving for oysters over there! dive in They ran to the pool, dived in, and swam to the other side. dive off Mark dove off the bridge into the river.
[intransitive] (informal) to move or jump quickly in a particular direction, especially to avoid something, to try to catch a ball, etc. dive for something We heard an explosion and dived for cover (= got into a place where we would be protected). The goalie dived for the ball, but missed it.
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