Word Meanings - DIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
duven, AS. d to sink, v. t., fr. d, v. i.; akin to Icel. d, G. 1. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. Whately.
Additional info about word: DIVE
duven, AS. d to sink, v. t., fr. d, v. i.; akin to Icel. d, G. 1. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. Whately. Note: The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form. All dove down with a tremendous splash. Dr. Hayes. When closely pressed it dove . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water. J. Burroughs. 2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. South.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DIVE)
- Delve
- Dig
- penetrate
- dive
- investigate
- search
- Plunge
- Dip
- douse
- duck
- submerge
- immerse
- precipitate
- sink
- overwhelm
- thrust under
- pitch headlong
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DIVE)
Related words: (words related to DIVE)
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One who underdoes; a shirk. - DISREGARDFULLY
Negligently; heedlessly. - UNDERBRED
Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith. - PRECIPITATELY
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p. p. of Underdelve. - PITCHERFUL
The quantity a pitcher will hold. - UNDERPROP
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To support as a crest; to bear. Shak. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - UNDERSAY
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One who plunders or pillages. - DUNDERHEAD
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