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Webster 1913 Edition

Diving

Div′ing

,

Adj.

That dives or is used or diving.

Diving beetle

(Zool.)

,

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 top, by fresh air pumped in through a tube from above.

–

Diving dress

.

See

Submarine armor

, under

.

–

Diving stone

,

a kind of jasper.

Webster 1828 Edition

Diving

DIVING

,

ppr.

[See Dive.]

1.

Plunging or sinking into water or other liquid; applied to animals only.

2.

Going deep into a subject.

Definition 2024

diving

diving

English

Verb

diving

present participle of dive

Noun

diving ‎(countable and uncountable, plural divings)

The action of the verb to dive in any sense.
The sport of jumping head first into water.
The practice of swimming underwater, especially using a scuba system, and especially for recreation.

Derived terms

terms related to diving as a noun

Translations

action of the verb "to dive"

Bulgarian: гмуркане n ‎(gmurkane)
Finnish: sukeltaminen (fi)
French: (corresponding to senses of "to dive" translated by "plonger") plongement (fr) m, (in football, of a goalkeeper) plongeon (fr) m

Greek: κατάδυση (el) f ‎(katádysi)
Latvian: niršana f
Russian: ныря́ние (ru) n ‎(nyrjánije)

sport of jumping head first into water

Arabic: غَطس
Bulgarian: скок във вода m ‎(skok vǎv voda)
Catalan: salts (ca) m pl
Finnish: uimahyppy (fi)
French: plongeon (fr) m
Greek: καταδύσεις (el) f pl ‎(katadýseis)
Italian: tuffi (it) m pl

Latvian: daiļlēkšana f
Norwegian:

Bokmål: stuping m, f

Nynorsk: stuping f
Russian: ныря́ние (ru) n ‎(nyrjánije), прыжки́ в во́ду m pl ‎(pryžkí v vódu)

practice of swimming underwater

Bulgarian: гмуркане n ‎(gmurkane)
Finnish: sukellus (fi)
French: plongée sous-marine (fr) f
Greek: κατάδυση (el) ‎(katádysi)

Italian: subacquea f
Russian: ныря́ние (ru) n ‎(nyrjánije), да́йвинг (ru) m ‎(dájving)
Spanish: buceo (es) m, submarinismo m

Adjective

diving ‎(not comparable)

That or who dives or dive.

Derived terms

terms derived from diving as an adjective

Translations

that or who dives or dive

Finnish: sukeltava (fi)

French: plongeant (fr), plongeur (fr)

See also

diving stone

Anagrams

viding