Dive /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Dived; p. pr. & vb. n. Diving

1. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.

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

   All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous splash.

   When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water.

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

1. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. [Obs.]
2. To explore by diving; to plunge into. [R.]

   The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame.

   He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps.

1. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.
2. A place of low resort. [Slang]

   The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city.