skin-dive
- noun
- /ˈskɪnˌdaɪv/
:
buceo con snorkel
- Before the big competition, he practiced skin-diving in the ocean every day.
Examples
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He learned to skin-dive before trying more advanced scuba diving techniques.
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Many tourists love to skin-dive in the clear, tropical waters of the Caribbean.
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On weekends, she often goes to the lake to skin-dive with her friends.
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Many tourists love to skin-dive in the clear, tropical waters of the Caribbean.
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On weekends, she often goes to the lake to skin-dive with her friends.
Synonyms
16
3.0
An activity of swimming on the surface using a mask and breathing tube to look underwater
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3.5
Swimming underwater with a snorkel but without scuba gear
Swimming near the water surface while breathing through a tube to see under the water
Antonyms
18
3.2
An activity in which you swim and explore underwater while using breathing equipment
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skin-dive mixes the simple parts skin and dive, so picture diving in your 'bare' skin instead of wearing heavy equipment. As a noun, skin-dive is the activity of swimming underwater using only a snorkel and no scuba gear.