English Explanatory Dictionary

diving

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of dive
noun
  1. The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
  2. The sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically.
  3. Descending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment.
  4. The act of pretending to be tripped or brought to the ground by an opposition player in order to secure an undeserved penalty.
adj
  1. That or who dives or dive.

Pronunciation

dīvʹĭng /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diving.wav

Word forms

diving divings

Etymology

By surface analysis, dive + -ing.

Related words

diving stone

Derived words

altitude diving bin diving buddy diving cage diving cage-diving cave diving cave-diving clearance diving cliff diving cliff-diving death diving deep diving deep-sea diving diving bell diving-bell diving board diving-board diving boat diving brick diving chamber diving cylinder diving dress diving-dress diving event diving helmet diving knife diving mask diving medicine diving plane diving-plane diving platform diving reel diving reflex diving regulator diving scooter diving shot diving sphere diving suit diving-suit diving support vessel drift diving ducking and diving dumpster diving dumpster-diving fancy diving fire diving free diving free-diving freediving group diving hedge-diving ice diving kayak diving land diving land-diving mammalian diving reflex mud diving muff diving muff-diving naval diving

Translations

Bulgarian: гмуркане Chinese Mandarin: 潛水 /潜水 Danish: dykning Finnish: sukellus French: plongée sous-marine German: Tauchen Greek: κατάδυση Hebrew: צלילה Hungarian: búvárkodás Indonesian: penyelaman Italian: subacquea Japanese: ダイビング Korean: 다이빙 Macedonian: нуркање Polish: nurkowanie Russian: ныря́ние Russian: да́йвинг Russian: подво́дное пла́вание Spanish: buceo Spanish: submarinismo Swedish: dykning Ukrainian: да́йвінг
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