skin diving
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3.5
- noun
- /skɪn ˈdaɪvɪŋ/
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snorkel
- Many tourists enjoy skin diving in the clear waters of the Caribbean to see colorful fish and marine life.
Examples
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During our vacation in Maui, we spent every afternoon skin diving to explore the vibrant coral reefs.
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How about some skin diving?
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Did some skin diving on that exact spot.
Fiction book (1999) -
I'm taking my boat over to Pirate Rock... to do some skin diving, look for treasure.
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Uh, uh... l think the kids would like to hear about my, uh, skin-diving off Malibu.
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Used one on a hammerhead back in '97 when I was skin-diving.
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Swimming, sailing, snorkeling, skin diving, shuffleboard, and Buck Gardner's Aquarena Amusement Arcade.
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She loves skin diving because it allows her to observe the underwater world without heavy equipment.
Synonyms
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3.0
An activity of swimming on the surface using a mask and breathing tube to look underwater
An activity of swimming underwater using only a snorkel
Swimming near the water surface while breathing through a tube to see under the water
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
The element 'dive' clearly signals the underwater-swimming activity, but 'skin' does not transparently convey 'without scuba gear' to a B1 learner (it could be misread as relating to the body's skin or surface). The specialized sports sense—'diving using only one’s skin/no equipment or only a snorkel'—is a language-specific extension that is partially inferable from the parts but requires prior exposure, so it is best classified as semi-transparent.
Etymology
Skin diving comes from the simple image of diving with only your skin showing and no heavy equipment. That's why Skin diving means 'diving underwater with only a snorkel and no scuba gear'.