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Noun: dive  dIv
  1. A cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
    - honkytonk
     
  2. A headlong plunge into water
    - diving
     
  3. A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
    - nose dive, nosedive
Verb: dive (dived, also dove)  dIv
  1. Drop steeply
    - plunge, plunk
     
  2. Plunge into water
    "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"
     
  3. Swim under water
    "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
Noun: diva (divas,dive)  deevu
  1. A distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
    - prima donna

Derived forms: dived, diving, dives

See also: diver

Type of: cabaret, club, come down, descend, descent, fall, go down, night club, nightclub, nightspot, opera star, operatic star, submerge, submerse, swim, swimming

Encyclopedia: Diva Diva, Maharashtra

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