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dive
verb (IN WATER) /daɪv/ (dived or US also dove, dive or US also dove)Definition
B1 to jump into water, especially with your head and arms going in first, or to move down under the water: Look at those children diving for oysters over there! They ran to the pool, dived in, and swam to the other side. Mark dived off the bridge into the river. The submarine dived just in time to avoid the enemy attack. → See also nosedive nounSwimming B1 [I] to swim underwater, usually with breathing equipmentSwimming
(Definition of dive verb (IN WATER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Swimming
Synonyms and related words:
- aqua-aerobics noun
- Aqua-Lung noun
- armband noun
- bathing trunks noun
- bellyflop noun
- butterfly noun (SWIMMING)
- butterfly stroke noun
- diving board noun
- gala noun (SPORTS EVENT)
- paddle verb (SWIM)
- scuba diving noun
- sidestroke noun
- skin diving noun
- stroke noun (SWIMMING)
- sub-aqua adjective
- swallow dive noun
- swim noun
- swim verb (MOVE IN WATER)
- tread verb
- waterwings noun
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