Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.
- 2intransitive verb
Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
- 3transitive verb
To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
- 4transitive verb
To explore by diving; to plunge into.
- 5noun
A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.
- 6noun
A place of low resort.
- 7noun
a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
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- 8noun
a headlong plunge into water
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- 9noun
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
- 10verb
swim under water
"the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
- 11verb
plunge into water
"I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"
- 12verb
drop steeply
"the stock market plunged"
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