Dine vs. Dive
Difference Between Dine and Dive
Dineverb
(intransitive) To eat; to eat dinner or supper.
Diveverb
To swim under water.
Dineverb
To give a dinner to; to furnish with the chief meal; to feed.
Diveverb
To jump into water head-first.
Dineverb
To dine upon; to have to eat.
Diveverb
To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
to dive into home plateDinenoun
(obsolete) dinnertime
Diveverb
To descend sharply or steeply.
Dineverb
have supper; eat dinner;
We often dine with friends in this restaurantDiveverb
(especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
She dove right in and started making improvements.Dineverb
give dinner to; host for dinner;
I'm wining and dining my friendsDiveverb
(sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
Diveverb
To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
Diveverb
(transitive) To explore by diving; to plunge into.
Diveverb
(figurative) To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
Divenoun
A jump or plunge into water.
the dive of a hawk after preyDivenoun
A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
Divenoun
A downward swooping motion.
Divenoun
A swim under water.
Divenoun
A decline.
Divenoun
(slang) A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
Divenoun
(aviation) Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
Divenoun
(sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.
Divenoun
a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
Divenoun
a headlong plunge into water
Divenoun
a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft
Diveverb
drop steeply;
the stock market plungedDiveverb
plunge into water;
I was afraid to dive from the board into the poolDiveverb
swim under water;
the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells
