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🤿 To snorkel 🤿 Underwater swimming
to skin-dive

to skin-dive

1 4.9
To swim underwater using only a snorkel
  • phrasal verb
  • /skɪn daɪv/
translation icon : bucear con snorkel
  • She loves to skin-dive to explore the vibrant marine life without the heaviness of equipment.

Examples

  • I'd skin-dive to find just the right ones.

    Adaptation. (2002)

  • l told him that l'd gone to Salt Point that weekend to skin dive.

    Zodiac (2007)

  • I'd skin-dive to find just the right ones.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • On warm weekends, we often skin-dive in the clear waters of the nearby reef.

  • During his vacation, he decided to skin-dive instead of using scuba gear.

Synonyms

to dive
vsto skin-dive
152 1.0

To jump into water headfirst or swim below the surface

specifies using only a breathing tube and no other equipment when underwater
to snorkel
vsto skin-dive
3 3.7

To swim just below the surface while breathing through a tube

goes deeper underwater while using only the breathing tube and no extra equipment

Antonyms

scuba diving
18 3.2

An activity in which you swim and explore underwater while using breathing equipment

How Deep

scuba diving
18 3.2
to skin-dive
1 4.9
snorkel
8 3.4
to swim
616 1.0

Surface Forms

skin-dive infinitive
skin-dived past
skin-dived past participle
skin-diving present participle
skin-dives third person singular

Morphology

skin-dive = skin + dive (semi-transparent) = skin + dive

The components 'skin' + 'dive' are identifiable, but the use of 'skin' to imply diving without scuba equipment is somewhat idiomatic and not a general productive meaning of 'skin'.

Etymology

Skin-dive mixes the simple parts skin and dive, so picture diving in your 'bare' skin instead of wearing heavy equipment. As a verb, skin-dive means to go underwater using only a snorkel and no scuba tanks.