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There are 23 different meanings of Dive.

Dive Disambiguation
Sport
24 products, approx. 334 pages
In sports:
Virtual reality
13 products, approx. 117 pages
DIVE, or Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment, is a prototype multi-user VR system.
Submarine
8 products, approx. 55 pages
Dive! is the name of a short-lived (1994-99) restaurant founded by Steven Spielberg in Century City, California, notable for its facade in the shape of a submarine.
Scuba diving
4 products, approx. 20 pages
Scuba diving refers to the practice of swimming underwater with breathing apparatus.
Diving
3 products, approx. 16 pages
Diving refers to the sport of jumping head first into a body of water or pool, with an emphasis on acrobatics and/or height of the dive.
Underwater diving
1 product, approx. 4 pages
Underwater diving refers to the practice of swimming underwater
Marine mammal
1 product, approx. 3 pages
Diving can refer to the act of marine mammals and other animals which are normally not aquatic, but go underwater from time to time.
Aquatics
1 product, approx. 2 pages
Dive (and diving) is a word that can have several meanings: In the context of aquatics:
Namdev
1 product, approx. 2 pages
Naam Dayv is another form of the Indian poet Namdev's name.
Dive (band)
1 product, approx. 1 pages
Dive is an industrial music band from Belgium.
Dive (Swedish band)
1 product, approx. 0 pages
Dive is an electronic music band from Sweden, and also a 1994 album by the band.
Dive is the name of a 1993 album by Sarah Brightman.
"Dive" is the name of a song by Nirvana.
"DIVE" can also refer to the name of J-pop band BeForU's first single, which first appeared in Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX.
Diving (football) refers to the faking or exaggeration of an injury, in particular in football (soccer), in order to draw a foul on an opponent or otherwise gain an advantage. Also a well known term in ice hockey, when a player tries to draw a penalty.
The intentional throwing of a fight in boxing is known as taking a dive.
In numerous sports, including basketball and baseball, the practice of throwing oneself horizontally into the ground in order to catch or field a ball is known as diving.
In American football, the practice of a ball-carrier propelling himself up and over the line of scrimmage, usually on a very short-yardage down, is called diving.
In relation to aircraft, it is a maneuver where the nose of the aircraft is pointed vertically down to ground. See dive bomber.
A dive bar is a term used to represent a cheap, dingy drinking establishment.
Dive is the name of a film, released in 2003, filmed in and taking place in a Washington, D.C. dive bar.
Diving can sometimes be interpreted as internet slang for heavy web browsing, often to obtain specific information. The term was coined by the anime/manga series Ghost in the Shell and referred to entering an internet environment in a similar way to the science fiction movie, The Matrix.
a grade separated junction on a railway where one line dives under another, such as at Mpika railway station, or flys over another, such as at Sandgate Flyover.



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