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Noun diving has 2 senses
  1. diving, diving event - an athletic competition that involves diving into water
    --1 is a kind of match
    --1 is a part of swimming meet, swim meet
  2. dive, diving - a headlong plunge into water
    --2 is a kind of swimming, swim
    --2 has particulars:
     belly flop, belly flopper, belly whop, belly whopper; cliff diving; flip; gainer, full gainer; half gainer; jackknife; swan dive, swallow dive
    Derived form: verb dive2
,Verb dive has 3 senses
  1. dive, plunge, plunk - drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
    --1 is one way to descend, fall, go down, come down
    Sample sentences:
    The stock market is going to dive
    The airplane is sure to dive
  2. dive - plunge into water; "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"
    --2 is one way to     submerge, submerse
    Derived forms: noun dive2, noun diver2, noun diving2
    Sample sentences:
    The men dive the area for animals
    The men dive for animals in the area
  3. dive - swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
    --3 is one way to     swim
    Derived form: noun diver1
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
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