DIVING Synonyms

• a descent as through liquid (especially through water)

• a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength)

• a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension

• sinking until covered completely with water

• thrust or throw into

• devote (oneself) fully to

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

• cause to be immersed

• a brief swim in water

• a steep and rapid fall

• thrust or throw into

• drop steeply

• dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

• begin with vigor

• cause to be immersed

• fall abruptly

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

• devote (oneself) fully to

• a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall

• a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline

• a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

• plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

• a brief swim in water

• a steep and rapid fall

• thrust or throw into

• drop steeply

• dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

• begin with vigor

• cause to be immersed

• fall abruptly

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

• devote (oneself) fully to

• a hollow twanging sound

• (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly

• with a short hollow thud

• make or move along with a sound as of a horse's hooves striking the ground

• set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

• drop steeply

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft