Word Meaning

dives definition and meaning

v. i. To plunge into water head foremost; to thrust the body under, or deeply into, water or other fluid.
v. i. Fig.: To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
v. t. To plunge (a person or thing) into water; to dip; to duck.
v. t. To explore by diving; to plunge into.
n. A plunge headforemost into water, the act of one who dives, literally or figuratively.
n. A place of low resort.
n. The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the "Rich Man and Lazarus" (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling.

Crossword clues for dives

- Belly-flop, e.g.
- Go to a deeper level in water
- Go under water
- Headlong descent
- Plunge
- Plunge head first into water
- Plunge headfirst into water
- Plunge into water
- Plunge, as into water
- Dips
- Plummets