diving
English
editEtymology
editBy surface analysis, dive + -ing.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -aɪvɪŋ
Verb
editdiving
- present participle and gerund of dive
Noun
editdiving (countable and uncountable, plural divings)
- The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
- The sport of jumping into water, often acrobatically.
- Descending below the surface of the water to interact with the environment.
- (soccer, sports) The act of pretending to be tripped or brought to the ground by an opposition player in order to secure a undeserved penalty.
Derived terms
editterms related to diving as a noun
- altitude diving
- bin diving
- buddy diving
- cage diving, cage-diving
- cave diving, cave-diving
- clearance diving
- cliff diving, cliff-diving
- death diving
- deep diving
- deep-sea diving
- diving bell, diving-bell
- diving board, diving-board
- diving boat
- diving brick
- diving chamber
- diving cylinder
- diving dress, diving-dress
- diving event
- diving helmet
- diving knife
- diving mask
- diving medicine
- diving plane, diving-plane
- diving platform
- diving reel
- diving reflex
- diving regulator
- diving scooter
- diving shot
- diving suit, diving-suit
- diving support vessel
- drift diving
- ducking and diving
- dumpster diving, dumpster-diving
- fancy diving
- fire diving
- free diving, free-diving, freediving
- group diving
- hedge-diving
- ice diving
- kayak diving
- land diving
- land-diving
- mammalian diving reflex
- mud diving
- muff diving, muff-diving
- naval diving
- night diving
- no clear surface diving
- nondiving
- Olympic diving
- open-water diving
- pearl diving, pearl-diving
- penetration diving
- plunge diving
- police diving
- professional diving
- recreational diving
- saturation diving
- scuba diving, scuba-diving
- skin diving, skin-diving, skindiving
- skip diving
- sky diving, sky-diving, skydiving
- smoke diving
- snorkel diving
- solo diving
- sport diving
- sportdiving
- stage diving, stage-diving
- surface supplied diving, surface-supplied diving
- synchronised diving, synchronized diving
- technical diving
- trash diving
- Trumpster diving
- underwater diving
- web diving
- wreck diving
Translations
editaction of the verb "to dive"
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sport of jumping head first into water
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practice of swimming underwater
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Adjective
editdiving (not comparable)
Derived terms
editterms derived from diving as an adjective
Translations
editthat or who dives or dive
See also
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