'Diving' definitions:

Definition of 'diving'

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noun
An athletic competition that involves diving into water [syn: diving, diving event]
noun
A headlong plunge into water [syn: dive, diving]

Definition of 'Diving'

From: GCIDE
  • Dive \Dive\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dived, colloq. Dove, a relic of the AS. strong forms de['a]f, dofen; p. pr. & vb. n. Diving.] [OE. diven, duven, AS. d?fan to sink, v. t., fr. d?fan, v. i.; akin to Icel. d?fa, G. taufen, E. dip, deep, and perh. to dove, n. Cf. Dip.]
  • 1. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid. [1913 Webster]
  • It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. --Whately. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The colloquial form dove is common in the United States as an imperfect tense form. [1913 Webster]
  • All [the walruses] dove down with a tremendous splash. --Dr. Hayes. [1913 Webster]
  • When closely pressed it [the loon] dove . . . and left the young bird sitting in the water. --J. Burroughs. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. --South. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Diving'

From: GCIDE
  • Diving \Div"ing\, a. That dives or is used or diving. [1913 Webster]
  • Diving beetle (Zool.), any beetle of the family Dytiscid[ae], which habitually lives under water; -- called also water tiger.
  • Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above.
  • Diving dress. See Submarine armor, under Submarine.
  • Diving stone, a kind of jasper. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'diving'

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