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Noun
/ˈdīviNG/,
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The sport or activity of swimming or exploring under water,
  1. The sport or activity of swimming or exploring under water

  2. The sport or activity of diving into water from a diving board

  1. an athletic competition that involves diving into water
  2. dive: a headlong plunge into water
  3. (dive) drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
  4. (dive) honkytonk: a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
  5. (dive) a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
  6. (dive) swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
  7. Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.
  8. Diving (or simulation - the term used by FIFA) in the context of association football is an attempt by a player to gain an unfair advantage by diving to the ground and possibly feigning an injury, to appear as if a foul has been committed. ...
  9. Diving (also called embellishment) is a term used in ice hockey to describe the way a player tries to get the attention of the referee by embellishing an infraction from an opposing player in an attempt to draw a penalty. ...
  10. Dive is the second studio album released by Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto . As the first album, Yoko Kanno produced this album as well. Lyrics of the album's songs were written by Sakamoto and Yūho Iwasato, except "Baby Face" and "Heavenly Blue" were co-written with Tim Jensen.
  11. (Dive!) Dive! Living Off America's Waste is an American documentary film directed by Jeremy Seifert.
  12. (Dive (American football)) A "dive" (or "plunge") is a type of play in American Football in which the ball carrier (usually a fullback or a halfback) attempts to rush through one of the gaps immediately to the left or right of center, denoted as gaps 1 and 2 respectively. ...
  13. The action of the verb to dive in any sense; The sport of jumping head first into water; The practice of swimming underwater, especially using a scuba system, and especially for recreation; Of, relating to or used in diving (jumping into water); Of, relating to or used in diving (swimming ...
  14. (dive) A jump or plunge into water; A swim under water; A decline; A seedy bar, nightclub, etc; Aerial descend with the nose pointed down; A deliberate fall after a challenge; To swim under water; To jump into water head-first; To descend sharply or steeply; To undertake with enthusiasm; To ...
  15. (dived) Simple past of dive. (scuba diving)
  16. (Dives) A taxonomic genus within the family Icteridae
  17. (Dive) song #1 on Incesticide, first appeared as the B-side on the Sliver 7" single. It was recorded at Smart Studios, Wisconsin in April 1990 by Butch Vig. It was also included on the compilation "The Grunge Years" on Sub Pop, released in 1991. Chad Channing plays drums on this track. ...
  18. (Dive) When a player embellishes contact made against him in order to draw a penalty, however sometimes this ends up in a penalty being called against the diving player.
  19. (Dive) A low-down, cheap sort of place
  20. (Dive) A player exaggerates being hooked or tripped to draw a penalty on the opposing team.
  21. (Dive) The action of a ball that hooks greatly at the last split second.
  22. (dive) A sharp, last-instant break by the ball; it is said to "dive into the pocket."
  23. (Dive) Entering the water head first. Diving is not allowed during warm-ups except at the designated time, in specific lanes that are monitored by the swimmers coach.
  24. (DIVE) A slang term for a hyperbaric treatment, it has its roots in diving medicine. When receiving a hyperbaric treatment, you’re subjected to increased pressure and you breathe air or oxygen at increased pressure. ...
  25. (DIVE) An act of stimulation, or playacting, by a player in order to earn his team a penalty.