dive

Definitions

1. 1.Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. South.
2. 2.To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. [Obs.] Hooker.
3. 3.To explore by diving; to plunge into. [R.] The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame. Denham. He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps. Emerson.
4. 4.A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.
5. 5.A place of low resort. [Slang] The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city. J. Hawthorne.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. South called?
• What is to plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck. [Obs.] Hooker called?
• What is to explore by diving; to plunge into. [R.] The Curtii bravely dived the gulf of fame. Denham. He dives the hollow, climbs the steeps. Emerson called?
• What is a plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively called?
• What is a place of low resort. [Slang] The music halls and dives in the lower part of the city. J. Hawthorne called?