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noun

Diva n. (pl. It. dive) A prima donna.

Dive n.

A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.

A place of low resort. (Slang) "The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city."

verb

Dive v. t. (past & past part. dived, colloq. dove; pres. part. diving)

To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. (Obs.)

To explore by diving; to plunge into. (R.) "The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame." "He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps."

Dive v. i. (past & past part. dived, colloq. dove; pres. part. diving)

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." Note: The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form. "All (the walruses) dove down with a tremendous splash." "When closely pressed it (the loon) dove... and left the young bird sitting in the water."

Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

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"Dive" Quotes from Famous Books

... another little girl with fat rosy cheeks and round eyes; "but did you ever taste such chocolate creams? Why, they must cost a halfpenny apiece. I do love to sit next to her; she says I may dive my hand into her pocket as often ...

— Wild Kitty • L. T. Meade

... The genii of the four great oceans dominate the scene. They are mounted upon cavorting marine monsters and surrounded by the smaller waters, fearlessly playing, head-downwards, upon dolphins about to dive. The Atlantic Ocean faces East; the Pacific, West; the North and South Seas their appropriate quarters. The symbolic figures are designed to interpret the spirit of the oceans they represent - the Atlantic, fine and bright, upon her armored sword-fish; the Pacific, a beautiful, graceful, happily ...

— The Sculpture and Mural Decorations of the Exposition • Stella G. S. Perry

... of a steep and suddenly-encountered hill; though in this case the hill is invisible, and there is no earth contact to be felt. This sensation of climbing is exhilarating; and when the pilot makes a reverse movement, descending towards the ground, the feeling is pleasant enough also, provided the dive is not too steep. ...

— Learning to Fly - A Practical Manual for Beginners • Claude Grahame-White

... pere was to dive down under the bedclothes, and endeavor to drown the fearful sound by his own labored breathing, but he never yielded to first impulses. So he awaited the second, which came simultaneously with a second series of shrieks and a cry for help in the unmistakable voice of ...

— The Water Ghost and Others • John Kendrick Bangs

... prepared; and the crane, in requital, inviting the fox to supper, brought forth her dainties in a pot with a long and narrow neck, into which she could conveniently thrust her bill, whilst the fox could not reach one bit. Just so, when philosophers midst their cups dive into minute and logical disputes, they are very troublesome to those that cannot follow them through the same depths; and those that bring in idle songs, trifling disquisitions, common talk, and mechanical discourse destroy the very end of conversation ...

— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch

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