dive in English: To jump into water with your head and arms going first, or to go down under the water. (verb)

Translation

To jump into water with your head and arms going first, or to go down under the water.

Word origin

From Old English dufan, meaning to sink or go under water.

Verb typeregular (dive, dives, dived; American English also uses dove)

dived .

"Dived" is the British past form; Americans also say "dove".

reef.

Here "dive" means to swim down under the water.

dived .

Here it means dropped very fast through the air, head first.

swim

To move through water using your arms and legs.

jump

To push up off the ground with your feet so your body goes into the air.

water

The clear liquid that falls as rain and that people and animals drink to live.

sea

The sea is the large area of salt water that covers most of the world.

deep

Going a long way down from the top, or a long way in from the front.

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