Tra từ dive - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

dive [dive dives dived dove diving] verb, noun BrE [daɪv] NAmE [daɪv]
verb (dived, dived, NAmE also doveBrE [dəʊv] ; NAmE [doʊv] dived)

JUMP INTO WATER
1. intransitive ~ (from/off sth) (into sth) | ~ (in) to jump into water with your head and arms going in first
•We dived into the river to cool off.
•He dived off the bridge.
•Sam walked to the deep end of the pool and dived in.

UNDERWATER
2. (usually go diving)intransitive to swim underwater wearing breathing equipment, collecting or looking at things
•to dive for pearls
•The main purpose of his holiday to Greece was to go diving.
see also ↑diving
3. intransitive to go to a deeper level underwater
•The submarine dived to avoid being seen.
•The whale dived as the harpoon struck it.

OF BIRDS/AIRCRAFT
4. intransitive to go steeply down through the air
•The seagulls soared then dived.
•The plane dived down to attack.
see also ↑nosedive

OF PRICES
5. intransitive to fall suddenly
Syn: ↑plunge
•The share price dived from 49p to an all-time low of 40p.

MOVE/JUMP/FALL
6. intransitive (informal)to move or jump quickly in a particular direction, especially to avoid sth, to try to catch a ball, etc
•~ for sth We heard an explosion and dived for cover (= got into a place where we would be protected).
•The goalie dived for the ball, but missed it.
•+ adv./prep. It started to rain so we dived into the nearest cafe.
7. intransitive (in football ( ↑soccer ), ↑hockey, etc.)to fall deliberately when sb ↑tackles you, so that the ↑referee awards a ↑foul
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English dūfan ‘dive, sink’ and dȳfan ‘immerse’, of Germanic origin; related to ↑deep and ↑dip.

Example Bank:
•He dived head first into the water.
•He dived headlong into the ditch.
•He went to Greece to go diving.
•She dived from the top diving board.
•The plane suddenly dived from 10 000 feet to 5 000.
•Unlike some birds, it does not dive vertically.
•We heard an explosion and dived for cover.
•diving for pearls
Idioms: ↑make a dive ▪ ↑take a dive
Derived: ↑dive into something

noun

JUMP INTO WATER
1. a jump into deep water with your head first and your arms in front of you
•a spectacular high dive (= from high above the water)

UNDERWATER
2. an act of going underwater and swimming there with special equipment
•a dive to a depth of 18 metres

OF BIRDS/AIRCRAFT
3. an act of suddenly flying downwards

BAR/CLUB
4. (informal)a bar, music club, etc. that is cheap, and perhaps dark or dirty
•The band played in every smoky dive in town.

FALL
5. (BrE) (in football ( ↑soccer ), ↑hockey, etc.)a deliberate fall that a player makes when sb ↑tackles them, so that the ↑referee awards a ↑foul
•Rooney's dive won England a penalty.

Word Origin:
Old English dūfan ‘dive, sink’ and dȳfan ‘immerse’, of Germanic origin; related to ↑deep and ↑dip.

Example Bank:
•She made a dive for the door.
•She made a running dive to get across the crevasse.
•The economy is on a headlong dive to disaster.
•The market is volatile and profits could take a dive.
•The pilot seemed to be having difficulty in pulling out of the dive.
•The plane went into a steep dive.
•There would be a dive for the bar as soon as the show finished.
•We did a deep dive to see if we could find the wreckage.