dive
Significat
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- To swim under water.
- To jump into water head-first.
- To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
- To descend sharply or steeply.
- To lose altitude quickly by pointing downwards, as with a bird or aircraft.
- To undertake with enthusiasm.
- To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
- To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
- To explore by diving; to plunge into.
- To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
Freqüència
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/daɪv/
Etimologia
From Middle English diven, duven, from the merger of Old English dȳfan (“to dip, immerse”, transitive weak verb) (from Proto-Germanic *dūbijaną) and dūfan (“to duck, dive, sink, penetrate”, intransitive strong verb) (past participle ġedofen). Cognate with Icelandic dýfa (“to dip, dive”), Low German bedaven (“covered, covered with water”). See also deep, dip.
Nou
diva
- Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
- (informal,slang) A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension, himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.
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