dive
/daɪv/ noun B1- A jump or plunge into water. · the dive of a hawk after prey
- A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
- A downward swooping motion.
- A swim under water.
- A decline.
- A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
- Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
- A deliberate fall after a challenge.
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And the vessel goes a divie-divie dive.
She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves, which she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she had been wandering, when a sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating her violently with its wings.
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