dive
[ dahyv ]
/ daɪv /
verb (used without object), dived or dove, dived, div·ing.
verb (used with object), dived or dove, dived, div·ing.
to cause to plunge, submerge, or descend.
to insert quickly; plunge: He dived his hand into his pocket.
noun
Origin of dive
before 900; Middle English
diven to dive, dip, Old English
dȳfan to dip (causative of
dūfan to dive, sink); cognate with Old Norse
dȳfa dip, German
taufen to baptize; akin to
dip1
usage note for dive
Both
dived and
dove are standard as the past tense of
dive.
Dived, historically the older form, is somewhat more common in edited writing, but
dove occurs there so frequently that it also must be considered standard:
The rescuer dove into 20 feet of icy water.
Dove is an Americanism that probably developed by analogy with alternations like
drive, drove and
ride, rode. It is the more common form in speech in the northern United States and in Canada, and its use seems to be spreading. The past participle of
dive is always
dived.
OTHER WORDS FROM dive
post·dive, adjective pre·dive, adjective un·der·dive, noun un·der·dive, verb (used without object), un·der·dived or un·der·dove, un·der·dived, un·der·div·ing.Words nearby dive
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British Dictionary definitions for dived
dive
/ (daɪv) /
verb dives, diving or dived or US dove or dived (mainly intr)
noun
Word Origin for dive
Old English
dӯfan; related to Old Norse
dӯfa to dip, Frisian
dīvi; see
deep,
dip