dive

«dive» in Mova's school dictionary: to jump into water head first with your arms in front — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (dive, dives, dived or dove, diving); noun (a dive, dives)

meaning for a pupil

1) To dive is to jump into water head first with your arms in front. tree →

2) To dive is to swim under water, sometimes with special breathing equipment. tree →

3) To dive is to move or drop quickly downwards, like a bird diving for fish. tree →

4) To dive is to jump quickly to one side or to the ground, like a goalkeeper. tree →

5) A dive is a jump into water, or a fast drop down. tree →

sense in the lessons

In water safety, never dive into shallow water or water you cannot see the bottom of — you can break your neck; check the depth and follow «No diving» signs. Scuba divers explore coral reefs like the Great Barrier Reef. In nature, gannets, kingfishers and pelicans dive for fish. In football, «diving» means pretending to be fouled. Phrases: «dive in», «dive into», «scuba diving», «diving board», «nose dive», «take a dive».

examples

• Never dive into shallow water. tree →
• She dived off the diving board. tree →
• We went snorkelling, and Dad went scuba diving. tree →
• The eagle dived towards the river. tree →
• The goalkeeper dived and saved the ball. tree →
• Let's dive into our new topic! tree →
• The plane went into a dive. tree →
• Whales can dive very deep to find food. tree →
• Down through the water the tortoise dived. tree →

note

Past tense: «dived» in British English, «dove» or «dived» in American English. Noun «a dive», person «a diver». «Dive into» something can also mean start it with energy.

In the corpora

• Sperm whales dive deep to hunt giant squid, and many sperm whales carry round scars left by the squid's suckers.
• Seals can sleep floating upright with their noses up, hold their breath for many minutes and close their nostrils tightly when they dive.
• In a steep dive a peregrine falcon can go over 300 kilometres an hour, the fastest of any animal.
• The sea cow could not dive deep and was too slow to escape, and hunters killed them all within about 27 years.
• Neither was the Otter.» — the Otter dived after the May-fly to eat it.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dive» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.