Word Finder - dived

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To swim under water.

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To jump into water head-first.

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To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.

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to dive into home plate

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To descend sharply or steeply.

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(especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.

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She dove right in and started making improvements.

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To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.

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To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.

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To explore by diving; to plunge into.

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

The fish flipped and dived back into the water.

He walked to the edge of the cave and dived out.

Before she had time to respond he dumped her on the floor and dived to pin her down.

Theseus dived and brought it up, together with a golden crown, the gift of Amphitrite.

Katie.s dormant maternal instinct roared to life, and she dived at Toby, snatching his legs to keep the jaguar from dragging him fully into the forest.

The young lad, whose name I can't remember dived under him, pulling him clear.

For example, that giant sandworm I mentioned earlier was very impressive as it erupted from the sand and dived back down.

Huxtable's challenge then came from Clark, who dived into fourth position approaching the chicane on the seventh of ten laps.

When the ball was played back to McSheffrey, he hit a sixteen yard curler which Austin dived to save.

May 1999 dive Details Dived a nearby wreck which is very probably the Loyalty.

One pair had dived and, as agreed, released the grapnel from the wreck so that it could be recovered.

On lap nine Green dived through into the druids hairpin to claim third.

I have dived most of the coast of Mozambique it is fantastic, from Whales and Mantas to leaf fish and harlequin shrimps.

Simon Brooks dived the upstream sump at the end of the final passage.

A power cruiser which nose dived into the back of a large wave shattering the windscreen with shards of glass cutting the crew.

But after an hour he seemed as fresh as ever, dived as willingly, and swam yet farther than at first.

My first shot ricocheted off the post, and I just sort of dived in and forced the ball over the line.

Matt took control of the ball and dived over from a ruck situation.

The location of this site is not well known and can only be dived with the permission of the salvor in possession.

Dived under ice in South Wales for 48 minutes wearing only a 5.5mm sharkskin suit, detached hood and boots too.

So I dived into the snack bag, a treasure-trove of energy inducing chocolate treats and chilled mineral water.

Previously never dived before, this site had pristine hard corals, large schools of unicorn fish, as well as inqusitive sharks.

Finally, she reached home, threw the car into park and dived out of it.

This very building was the one Gabriel dived off of in an attempt to keep the terrified human from trying to kill herself.

Before she dived in too far, it might be something she should look into.

His eyes were dark with emotion as he dived into the bed with her.

He dived off the ledge, and she scampered forward.

She dived into her coat, snapping it as she opened the front door.

The angel moved with inhuman speed as he sprinted and dived through the portal ahead of Rhyn, disappearing.

He dived into the hay after her and she twisted away.

With a sharp cry, she scrambled to the kitchen and dived under the table.

Flipping the dial to the off position, she dived for the questionable refuge under the table.

If I have dived therein without finding any pearls it is the fault of my star and not of the sea."

Without warning, she dived at him, throwing her arms around his neck and pressing her body against his.

I pursued with a paddle and he dived, but when he came up I was nearer than before.

He dived again, but I miscalculated the direction he would take, and we were fifty rods apart when he came to the surface this time, for I had helped to widen the interval; and again he laughed long and loud, and with more reason than before.

He dived straight into the lake, though the water was freezing.

This is more difficult if the swimsuit has come off because you dived into the water and the force removed the suit.

A hawk made a wide swing across the grassland and then suddenly dived, jerking up at the last second, its great wings straining as it pumped back into the air with added weight.

The Other raised a hand, and Jenn dived to the ground as lightning ripped through the air towards her.