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Overview of verb dive
The verb dive has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (4) dive, plunge, plunk -- (drop steeply; "the stock market plunged")
2. (1) dive -- (plunge into water; "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool")
3. dive -- (swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells")
Antonyms of verb dive
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dive
3 senses of dive
Sense 1
dive, plunge, plunk
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 2
dive
=> submerge, submerse
=> sink, settle, go down, go under
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 3
dive
=> swim
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb dive
3 senses of dive
Sense 1
dive, plunge, plunk
=> power-dive
=> nosedive
=> duck
=> crash-dive
=> chute, parachute, jump
Sense 2
dive
=> belly-flop
=> jackknife
Sense 3
dive
=> skin-dive
=> snorkel
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dive
3 senses of dive
Sense 1
dive, plunge, plunk
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
Sense 2
dive
=> submerge, submerse
Sense 3
dive
=> swim
'Cause To' of verb dive
Derived Forms of verb dive
2 of 3 senses of dive
Sense 2
dive
RELATED TO>(noun) dive#2
=> dive, diving
RELATED TO>(noun) diver#2
=> diver, plunger
RELATED TO>(noun) diving#2
=> dive, diving
Sense 3
dive
RELATED TO>(noun) diver#1
=> diver, frogman, underwater diver
Domain of verb dive
1 of 3 senses of dive
Sense 2
dive
TOPIC>(noun) water sport#1, aquatics#1
Domain Terms of verb dive
Familiarity of verb dive
dive used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb dive
3 senses of dive
Sense 1
dive, plunge, plunk
EX: The stock market is going to dive
EX: The airplane is sure to dive
Sense 2
dive
EX: The men dive the area for animals
EX: The men dive for animals in the area
Sense 3
dive
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb dive
3 senses of dive
Sense 1
dive, plunge, plunk
> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> prolapse
=> rappel, abseil, rope down
=> unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down
=> avalanche, roll down
=> dive, plunge, plunk
=> set, go down, go under
=> decline, slump, correct
=> precipitate
=> sink, subside
=> crash
=> flop
=> tumble, topple
=> drop
=> plop
=> pitch
=> alight, climb down
=> sink, settle, go down, go under
=> pounce, swoop
=> drip
=> cascade, cascade down
Sense 2
dive
> submerge, submerse
=> dive
Sense 3
dive
> swim
=> school
=> fin, break water
=> fin
=> paddle
=> crawl
=> breaststroke
=> backstroke
=> skinny-dip
=> dive
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb dive
Sense 1
dive, plunge, plunk
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
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Sense 2
dive
=> submerge, submerse
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Sense 3
dive
=> swim
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Grep of verb dive
crash-dive
dive
dive-bomb
diverge
diversify
divert
divest
nosedive
power-dive
skin-dive
sky dive
skydive
take a dive
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