dive
26
6.5
- noun
- /daɪv/
- Specialized
:
picado
- One of the pilots fainted from fear, we went into this power dive.
- dive bomber
The first mission, we made three combat dives.
- The first mission, we made three combat dives.
Examples
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Lurches into a radical dive, screaming towards the ocean below.
Fiction book (1996) -
"Emergency, - crash dive, red alert."
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Prepare for emergency dive after launch.
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"Means the plane went down in a steep dive," Culver says.
Fiction book (2000) -
I took the controls, put her in a dive, and crossed over the top of the Scorpion before he could fire.
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There was a thump followed by vibration, loss of control, and a dive to the ground.
Academic text (2003) -
We're in an uncontrolled dive descending out of 21,000 feet.
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On Screen: "Autopilot disengaged." The plane banks into a dive, throwing Zedeck back against his chair.
Fiction book (1997) -
Pulling out of the dive, Wendy glided silently over Kent, leaving the flack and searchlights behind.
Fiction book (1994) -
The pilot executed a precise dive towards the enemy target during the training exercise.
Synonyms
20
4.0
A steep sudden fall from a higher to a lower level
13
4.6
A quick, sweeping movement down through the air often by a bird or plane
4
5.6
A sudden steep fall of a plane with its front pointing down
1
5.3
A sudden steep fall that often happens to a plane with its front pointing down or to prices
1
7.5
A very fast, steep descent by a submarine or plane to avoid danger
A fast steep dive by a plane that uses gravity and engine power
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
3
5.1
A dive where the diver arches their back and stretches their arms before entering the water
1
5.3
A sudden steep fall that often happens to a plane with its front pointing down or to prices
- Specialized
1
8.6
A small hinged flap or parachute on an aircraft that increases drag to slow descent
- Specialized
A dive where the diver bends the back and stretches the arms before entering the water
How Steep
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dive for an aircraft keeps the image of plunging down from the old word dyfan 'to plunge', so a pilot's dive is a steep, nose-down descent like falling into water.