dive

dive is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 12 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.
2. intransitive verb. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
3. transitive verb. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
4. transitive verb. To explore by diving; to plunge into.
5. noun. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.
6. noun. A place of low resort.
7. noun. a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

   Synonyms: nosedive

8. noun. a headlong plunge into water

   Synonyms: diving

9. noun. a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall

   Synonyms: honkytonk

10. verb. swim under water

    "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"

11. verb. plunge into water

    "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"

12. verb. drop steeply

    "the stock market plunged"

    Synonyms: plunge, plunk

Synonyms

nosedive, diving, honkytonk, plunge, plunk

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dive:

devi, vide, vied

Common word forms

dived, diver, dives, divest, diving

Words from these letters

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