Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dive
Participle: divene
Gerund: diving
Indicative
Present
| I | dive |
| you | dive |
| he;she;it | divees |
| we | dive |
| you | dive |
| they | dive |
Perfect
| I | have divene |
| you | have divene |
| he;she;it | has divene |
| we | have divene |
| you | have divene |
| they | have divene |
Past
| I | dive |
| you | dive |
| he;she;it | dive |
| we | dive |
| you | dive |
| they | dive |
Pluperfect
| I | had divene |
| you | had divene |
| he;she;it | had divene |
| we | had divene |
| you | had divene |
| they | had divene |
Future
| I | will dive |
| you | will dive |
| he;she;it | will dive |
| we | will dive |
| you | will dive |
| they | will dive |
Future Perfect
| I | will have divene |
| you | will have divene |
| he;she;it | will have divene |
| we | will have divene |
| you | will have divene |
| they | will have divene |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dive |
| you | dive |
| he;she;it | dive |
| we | dive |
| you | dive |
| they | dive |
Perfect
| I | have divene |
| you | have divene |
| he;she;it | have divene |
| we | have divene |
| you | have divene |
| they | have divene |
Imperfect
| I | dive |
| you | dive |
| he;she;it | dive |
| we | dive |
| you | dive |
| they | dive |
Pluperfect
| I | had divene |
| you | had divene |
| he;she;it | had divene |
| we | had divene |
| you | had divene |
| they | had divene |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dive |
| you | would dive |
| he;she;it | would dive |
| we | would dive |
| you | would dive |
| they | would dive |
Perfect
| I | would have divene |
| you | would have divene |
| he;she;it | would have divene |
| we | would have divene |
| you | would have divene |
| they | would have divene |
Imperative
| you | dive |
| we | Let's dive |
| you | dive |
Verbs similar to 'dive'
bive,
dave,
dice,
die,
dike,
dime,
dine,
dite,
divel,
divy,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. emerged 13c. from O.E.
dufan "to dive, duck, sink" (intransitive, class II strong verb; past tense
deaf, pp.
dofen) and
dyfan "to dip, submerge" (weak, transitive), from P.Gmc.
*dubijanan. Past tense
dove is a later formation, perhaps on analogy of
drive/drove. Sense of "disreputable bar" is first recorded Amer.Eng. 1871, perhaps because they were usually in basements, and going into one was both a literal and fig. "diving."
2. From Middle English diven, duven, from the merger of Old English dȳfan (“to dip, immerse”, transitive weak verb) (from Proto-Germanic *dūbijaną) and dūfan (“to duck, dive, sink, penetrate”, intransitive strong verb) (past participle ġedofen). Cognate with Icelandic dýfa (“to dip, dive”), Low German bedaven (“covered, covered with water”). See also deep, dip. See: Proto-Germanic '
*dūbijaną', Icelandic '
dýfa', Low Saxon 'bedaven'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] dive into the water. Before she has gained the surface, she throws a summerset. The instant she is on her legs, she rushes backward. And so she goes on staggering, heaving, wrestling, leaping, diving, jumping, pitching, throbbing, rolling, and rocking: and going through all these movements, sometimes by turns, and sometimes altogether: until one feels disposed to roar for mercy.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the turnpike road, where there is no gate, no policeman, no signal: nothing but a rough wooden arch, on which is painted ‘WHEN THE BELL RINGS, LOOK OUT FOR THE LOCOMOTIVE. ’ On it whirls headlong, dives through the woods again, emerges in the light, clatters over frail arches, rumbles upon the heavy ground, shoots beneath a wooden bridge which intercepts the light for a second like a wink, suddenly [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] to say whether this was the reason, but that coat fascinated him afterwards; he usually kept close behind me as I walked, and moved as I moved, that he might look at it the better; and he frequently dived into narrow places after me at the risk of his life, that he might have the satisfaction of passing his hand up the back, and rubbing it the wrong way.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] our glasses we could see the people on her decks, and easily make out her name, and whither she was bound. For hours together we could watch the dolphins and porpoises as they rolled and leaped and dived around the vessel; or those small creatures ever on the wing, the Mother Carey 's chickens, which had borne us company from New York bay, and for a whole fortnight fluttered about the vessel 's [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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-Let-Let's see you dive. -Are you kiddin ' ? -Commercial! Quick. -Cut! Cut! When we were kids, he would do crazy characters.
(Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost)
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[ Vasily ] Diving now ! Diving now ! [Dmitri] We can't just leave him here! Move! Get in!
(K-19: The Widowmaker)