1. An athletic competition that involves diving into water
   - diving event 
2. A headlong plunge into water
   - dive

1. Drop steeply
   - plunge, plunk 
2. Plunge into water
   "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool" 
3. Swim under water
   "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"

Derived forms: divings

See also: diver

Type of: come down, descend, fall, go down, match, submerge, submerse, swim, swimming

Part of: swim meet, swimming meet

Encyclopedia: Dive

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