different between swandive vs dive

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English diven, duven, from the merger of Old English d?fan (“to dip, immerse”, transitive weak verb) (from Proto-Germanic *d?bijan?) and d?fan (“to duck, dive, sink, penetrate”, intransitive strong verb) (past participle ?edofen). Cognate with Icelandic dýfa (“to dip, dive”), Low German bedaven (“covered, covered with water”). See also deep, dip.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?v/
• Rhymes: -a?v

Verb

dive (third-person singular simple present dives, present participle diving, simple past dived or (chiefly U.S. and Canada) dove, past participle dived or (chiefly U.S. and Canada) dove or (dialectal) doven)

1. To swim under water.
2. To jump into water head-first.
   • 1826, Richard Whately, Elements of Logic

     It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.

3. To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.

4. To descend sharply or steeply.
5. (especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.

6. (sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
7. To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie

     To dive an infant either thrice or but once in Baptism

8. (transitive) To explore by diving; to plunge into.
   • 1668, John Denham, The Progress of Learning

     The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of flame.

   • He dives the hollow, climbs the steep.

9. (figuratively) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.

   • dive into the Concerns of all about them

Usage notes

The past tense dove is found chiefly in North American English, where it is used alongside the regular (and earlier) dived, with regional variations; in British English dived is the standard past tense, dove existing only in some dialects. Some speakers express uncertainty about what the past participle should be; dove is relatively rare as a past participle. (Compare Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary; The American Heritage Dictionary; The Cambridge Guide to English Usage)

Conjugation

Translations

References

Noun

dive (plural dives)

1. A jump or plunge into water.

   the dive of a hawk after prey

2. A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
3. A downward swooping motion.
4. A swim under water.
5. A decline.
6. (slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
7. (aviation) Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
8. (sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.

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Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Italian dive; see diva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?ve?/

Noun

dive

1. plural of diva

Etymology 3

Noun

dive (plural dives)

1. Obsolete form of daeva.

Anagrams

• Devi, I'd've, vide, vidê, vied

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???v?]

Noun

dive

1. vocative singular of div

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ive

Noun

dive f

1. plural of diva

Anagrams

• devi
• vedi
• vide

Latin

Adjective

d?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of d?vus