What is the difference between divebomb and dive?
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(of an aircraft) To bomb whilst in a steep dive
(of a bird) To attack (especially the head of) a person or animal that strays into their territory
To swim under water.
To jump into water head-first.
* Whately
To descend sharply or steeply.
(especially with in ) To undertake with enthusiasm.
(sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
To explore by diving; to plunge into.
* Denham
* Emerson
(figurative) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
A jump or plunge into water.
A swim under water.
A decline.
(slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
(aviation) Aerial descend with the nose pointed down.
(sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
Divebomb is a related term of dive.
As verbs the difference between divebomb and dive
is that divebomb is (of an aircraft) to bomb whilst in a steep dive while dive is to swim under water.As a noun dive is
a jump or plunge into water or dive can be (diva).divebomb
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Alternative forms
* dive-bomb * dive bombVerb
(en verb)dive
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) diven, duven, from the merger of (etyl) . See also (l), (l).Verb
- It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them.
- She dove right in and started making improvements.
- (Hooker)
- The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame.
- He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps.
- (South)