dive

  1. Verb.  To swim under water.
  2. Verb.  To jump into water head-first.
  3. Verb.  To descend sharply or steeply.
  4. Verb.  (especially with ''in'') To undertake with enthusiasm.
  5. Verb.  (sport) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
  6. Verb.  To cause to descend, dunk.
  7. Noun.  A jump or plunge into water.
  8. Noun.  A swim under water.
  9. Noun.  A decline.
  10. Noun.  (slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
  11. Noun.  (aviation) Aerial descend with the nose pointed down.
  12. Noun.  (sport) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
  13. Noun.  (plural of, diva) .

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