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dive verb

  /daɪv/
  • (intransitive) To swim under water.
 duiken, onderwaterzwemmen
  • (intransitive) To jump into water head-first.
  • (intransitive, especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
  • (intransitive, figuratively) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
 duiken
  • (transitive) To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
 duiken, duikvlucht
  • (sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
 een fopduik maken, een schwalbe maken, fopduiken

dive noun

  /daɪv/
  • (slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
 buurtcafé, kelderrestaurant
  • A jump or plunge into water.
  • A swim under water.
 duik
  • (sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
 fopduik, schwalbe

diva noun

  /ˈdiːvə/
  • Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. [from the 19th c.]
 diva
  • A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.
 diva, prima-donna

diving

schoonspringen

diving adjective

  /ˈdaɪ.vɪŋ/
  • That or who dives or dive.
 bordenwasser
dive in
induiken
dive bomber
duikbommenwerper
New Year's dive
nieuwjaarsduik
dive into
binnenspringen
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