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Look up: diving

  1. diving
    [n] - an athletic competition that involves diving into water
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Diving
    Div'ing adjective That dives or is used or diving. Diving beetle (Zoology) , any beetle of the family Dytiscidæ , which habitually lives under water; -- called also water tiger . -- Diving bell , a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the t ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/103

  3. diving
    That dives or is used or diving. ... <zoology> Diving beetle, any beetle of the family Dytiscidae, which habitually lives under water; called also water tiger. Diving bell, a hollow inverted vessel, sometimes bell-shaped, in which men may descend and work under water, respiration being sustained by the compressed air at the top, by fresh air p ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. diving
    diving event noun an athletic competition that involves diving into water
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. diving
    noun a headlong plunge into water
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Diving
    `Diving` refers to the sport of performing acrobatics whilst jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard of a certain height. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a common recreational pastime in places where swimming is popular. While not a particularly popular participant sport, diving is one of the more popular Olympic sports w...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving

  7. Diving
    • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dive • (a.) That dives or is used or diving.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. diving
    (from the article `cetacean`) Cetaceans surface periodically to breathe, and the intervals between breaths vary depending on what the animal is doing. Intervals may range from ... ...legs with webbed feet. The feet paddle alternately in slow swimming, but the whole leg is used when the bird is moving fast. All waterfowl are ... [2 re...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/58

  9. diving
    sport of plunging into water, usually head foremost, performed with the addition of gymnastic and acrobatic stunts. In its more elaborate, acrobatic ... [15 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/d/59

  10. diving
    1. a headlong plunge into water
    2. drop steeply
    3. plunge into water
    4. swim under water

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