Dive
51dive — See: GO INTO A TAIL SPIN or GO INTO A NOSE DIVE …
52dive — See: GO INTO A TAIL SPIN or GO INTO A NOSE DIVE …
53Dive — Diva Di va (d[=e] v[.a]), n.; It. pl. {Dive} (d[=e] v[=a]). [It., prop. fem. of divo divine, L. divus.] A prima donna. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
54DIVE — adj. f. emprunté du latin. Qui est divine. Il ne s’emploie que dans la locution familière, La dive bouteille …
55dive in — verb To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly. Dont just get a toe wet; dive in and create your first entry …
56dive — [OE] Old English dyfan ‘dive’ came from a prehistoric Germanic *dūbjan. This was a derivative of the base *d(e)ub , a variant of which, *d(e)up , was the source of English deep and dip. The colloquial use of the noun for a disreputable bar,… …
57dive — I n A cheap bar. I wouldn t drink any of the hooch they serve in that dive. 1920s II n A disreputable eating or drinking establishment. Prudence avoided the kind of low dives Curly liked to frequent. 1870s …
58dive — See: go into a tailspin or go into a nose dive …
59dive — n See take a dive/tumble/fall …
60dive v — Endorsement by an olympic swimmer caused a company s profits to dive. drive in n, divertingly adv …