1syllable
dived
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Definitions ofdived
1verb
- To swim under water.
- To jump into water head-first.
- To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
Example: "to dive into home plate"
- To descend sharply or steeply.
- (especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
Example: "She dove right in and started making improvements."
- 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.
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