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(v)
(intransitive) To dive, leap or rush (into water or some liquid); to submerge oneself.
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(n)
A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface.
Alternative form of honky-tonk. [(US) A bar or nightclub that caters to Southern patrons and provides country music for entertainment.]
Alternative form of nosedive. [A headfirst fall or jump.]
Someone who dives, especially as a sport.
(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.
The act of submerging or the state of being submerged; submersion.
(heading, physical) To move or be moved into something.
(ambitransitive, basketball) To put the ball directly downward through the hoop while grabbing onto the rim with power.
(transitive) To involve or engage deeply.
(intransitive) To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
A tool used for digging; a pickaxe.
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.
(ambitransitive) To search thoroughly and carefully for information, research, dig into, penetrate, fathom, trace out
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
A waterfall.
A device (trap) used to catch rats.
(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
(intransitive) To jump.
(adj)
(not comparable) Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface.
(transitive) To surround; to cover; to submerge.
The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
(economics, etc.) A rapid fall, e.g. in price or value.
(transitive) To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air.
A launch or ascent into the air or into flight, such as of an aircraft, rocket, bird, high-jumper etc.
To ritualistically inter in a grave or tomb.
(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
A device that controls or limits something.
(transitive) To push, especially roughly or with force.
(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
(intransitive) To fall end over end; to roll over and over.
An instance of descending; act of coming down.
A lower section of a road or geological feature.
The act of declining or refusing something.
(heading, intransitive) To be moved downwards.
(adv)
(comparable) From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.
(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
(intransitive) To do things quickly.
To physically place (something or someone somewhere).
(transitive) To put in between or into.
Archaic form of diverse, in the sense of various or assorted. [Consisting of different elements; various.]
One who gains a profit or advantage.
A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
One who or that which proves.
(transitive) To put into a liquid; to immerse; to plunge into and keep in.
Senses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
(intransitive) To drop swiftly, in a direct manner; to fall quickly.
A sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap.
(common usage) As above, but allowing for the presence of incidental air resistance not caused intentionally by devices like parachutes or wings.
(intransitive) To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive.
To submerge.
(onomatopoeia) The sound made by an object hitting a liquid.
(intransitive) To move rapidly, violently, or without control, especially in a noisy manner.
To swim.
(figuratively) to plummet, drop rapidly
To perform such a dive.
(nautical slang) To turn in, go to bed.
(intransitive, figuratively) To participate or have an interest in an activity in a casual or superficial way.
(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
(obsolete) To plunge.
(music) The rapid lowering of the pitch of a note on the guitar by means of the whammy bar.
A partial synonym of plunge in.
(figuratively) A tendency of feeling or opinion that is concealed rather than exposed.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To start a new endeavor enthusiastically and wholeheartedly.
(transitive, idiomatic) To spend some of a source of money (such as one's savings).
Obsolete spelling of swim. [(intransitive) To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.]
(UK, colloquial) To operate in a skilfully shifty or evasive manner.
A rapid swimming stroke with alternate overarm strokes and a fluttering kick.
To lose one's amniotic fluid a.k.a. water, usually during the last phases of pregnancy.
As a person or animal, to go into a body of water and start swimming.
(idiomatic) To collapse or fail, e.g. by going bankrupt.
(nautical) A boat that can go underwater.
(intransitive, of a social movement or cultural change) To originate among ordinary people instead of the elite.
Senses relating to exerting force or pulling.
(poetic, ambitransitive) To swim up or upward.
A buoyant device used to support something in water or another liquid.
(idiomatic, intransitive) To stoop oneself down quickly, in order to avoid being hit.
A falling or letting fall in drops; act of dripping.
(diving) A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.
(transitive) To swim faster, farther or better than.
(zoology, US, Canada) Any land or marine reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise.
(slang, childish, countable) The penis.