Diving
['daɪvɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) an athletic competition that involves diving into water.
Typist: Ralph--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dive
(a.) That dives or is used or diving.
Checker: Raymond
Definition
n. the action of the verb to dive.—adj. that dives.
Editor: Susanna
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of diving in clear water, denotes a favorable termination of some embarrassment. If the water is muddy, you will suffer anxiety at the turn your affairs seem to be taking. To see others diving, indicates pleasant companions. For lovers to dream of diving, denotes the consummation of happy dreams and passionate love.
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Examples
- Diving into the dense obscurity in a line headed by Sam the turf-cutter, they pursued their trackless way home. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Diving bells have been made of various forms, more especially in that of a bell or hollow truncated cone, with the smaller end closed, and the larger one, which is placed lowermost, open. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There were other devices for diving or rising to the surface. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The diving case is not absolutely water-tight, nor is it desired that it should be so, as the slight leakage acts as a lubricant to the joints, and aids in their movements. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In the mean time, Wemmick was diving into his coat-pockets, and getting something out of paper there. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I could go on diving, of course--not much, though--and not much use--' He moved away barefoot, on the planks of the platform. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It was like coming to the surface of the water after deep diving, to find myself once more on the outside of Mr. Fairlie's room. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Diving, aside from the pleasure afforded to good swimmers, is important in many different industries, particularly in fishing for pearls, corals, sponges, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If such a condition as failure of the pump to work for ten minutes had arisen during a descent in the old elastic diving dress the result must necessarily have been fatal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In many cases men work in diving suits rather than in caissons; these suits are made of rubber except for the head piece, which is of metal provided with transparent eyepieces. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- It must lie in water so deep as that you cannot reach it to take it up but by diving for it. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The type of these vessels was what became known as the diving. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Various methods have been proposed and engines contrived to render diving more safe and easy. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Diving bells have been used very effectively. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At the back of the diving case is a recess and in it is installed a compact but powerful pump, which sucks from the feet of the suit all leakage and forces it at once outward. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Editor: Maggie