Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "diving" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Causes

bends death drowning end up in water enjoying sealife underwater entering water from elevated position exhilaration falling get bends get hurt get wet getting wet go deeper in pool going deep into water going somewhere increased pressure from water jumping in water landing in water losing altitude rapidly marvellous experience pressure on ears spinal injuries splash in water splashes splats touching bottom underwater water in ears wetness

Derived Terms

Law's diving-goose Olympic diving Trumpster diving altitude diving bin diving buddy diving cage diving cage-diving cave diving cave-diving clearance diving cliff diving cliff-diving coastal diving bird death diving deep diving deep-sea diving diving beetle diving bell diving board diving boat diving brick diving chamber diving cylinder diving dress diving duck diving event diving goiter diving goitre diving header diving helmet diving knife diving loop diving mask diving medicine diving petrel diving plane diving platform diving reel diving reflex diving regulator diving scooter diving shot diving sphere diving spider diving suit diving support vessel diving-bell diving-board diving-dress diving-petrel diving-pigeon diving-plane diving-spider diving-suit drift diving ducking and diving dumpster diving dumpster-diving fancy diving fire diving free diving free-diving freediving group diving hedge-diving ice diving kayak diving land diving land-diving mammalian diving reflex mud diving muff diving muff-diving naval diving night diving no clear surface diving nondiving open-water diving pearl diving pearl-diving penetration diving plunge diving police diving professional diving recreational diving saturation diving scuba diving scuba-diving skin diving skin-diving skindiving skip diving sky diving sky-diving skydiving smoke diving snorkel diving solo diving sport diving sportdiving stage diving stage-diving surface supplied diving surface-supplied diving synchronised diving synchronized diving tec diving tech diving technical diving the Diving Saucer trash diving underwater diving web diving wreck diving

Inflected/Variant Forms

dive

Context

football sport

Prerequisites

ability to swim body of water or liquid courage deep body of water dive into equipment and training large pool of water lot of skill scuba gear skill skill in swimming swimming skill water

Subevents

bounce on diving board break neck breaking one's neck breathe through regulator careful doing belly flop drop off drowning falling flip off suv drivers get neutral bouyancy get wet hold breath holding breath hurt yourself jumping into water head first look at pretty fishes making splash might drown might see fish seeing marine life take cat with take photographs would get wet

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

match swim swimming

Type Of (IsA)

controlled fall coordinated body movement match olympic sport simple whole body movement sport

Part Of

swimming meet

Related Terms

diving stone

Related Terms

dive diver diving stone opposition penalty pretend secure undeserved

Synonym Network

dive

Used For

competing in olympics competition cover descending into sea divers ecology research enjoying beautiful scenes entering water exercise exploration exploring coral reef exploring ocean realm exploring under water exploring underwater finding sunken treasure food gathering fun getting pearls going under water going underwater having fun investigating jumping from airplane jumping in water keeping in shape learning about ocean learning about other life forms looking at corals and fish observing species which live underwater obtaining corral obtaining pearls obtaining sponges pearls pleasure recreation relaxation seeing fish underwater seeing strange creatures studying aquatic life underwater rescue operations working

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