1. An athletic competition that involves diving into water
   "The Olympic diving event showcased incredible acrobatics";
   - diving event
    
2. Skin diving with scuba apparatus
   "Scuba diving allowed them to explore the underwater shipwreck";
   - scuba diving

1. Swim under water
   "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells"
    
2. (water sport) plunge into water
   "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool"
    
3. Drop steeply
   "the stock market dived";
   - plunge, plunk [informal], dump
    
4. (sports) deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting the opponent penalized
   "The striker was accused of diving to win a penalty"

Derived forms: divings

Type of: come down, descend, go down, match, skin diving, skin-dive, submerge, submerse, swim

Part of: swim meet, swimming meet

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