dive
verb
1 verb plunge into/in water INTRANSITIVEtum verb he took off his coat and dived in bhain sé de a chóta agus thum sé isteachI dived into the lake thum mé isteach sa lochshe dived off the pier thum sí ón gcéthe seagulls were diving for fish bhí na faoileáin ag tumadh sa tóir ar iasc, bhí na faoileáin ag tumadh ar iascthey dive down 150 metres for food tumann siad síos 150 méadar ar lorg bia 2 verb especially SPOR swim underwater INTRANSITIVEbheith ag tumadóireachtto go diving dul ag tumadóireachthe dives with sharks bíonn sé ag tumadóireacht le siorcannaTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb SPOR explore (sth) underwater TRANSITIVEtéigh ag tumadóireacht arthey dived the wreck chuaigh siad ag tumadóireacht ar an mbád báite 4 verb lose height rapidly INTRANSITIVEtum verb the plane dived down towards us thum an t-eitleán anuas inár dtreo 5 verb person: towards ground INTRANSITIVEtum verb tú féin a chaitheamhhe dived to his left thum sé síos ar chléshe dived on the ball chaith sí í féin ar an liathróidhe dived for cover chaith sé é féin ar an talamh ag lorg foscaidh 6 verb SOCC player: fall deliberately INTRANSITIVEtit go bréagachtit d'aon turas 7 verb move quickly INTRANSITIVEshe dived for the door thug sí sciuird i dtreo an dorais, thug sí rúid ar an doras 8 verb FIN, ECON currency, value, etc INTRANSITIVEtit go tapaísligh go tapathe euro continued to dive lean an euro air ag titim go tapathe price dived 75% d'ísligh an praghas 75% in achar gearr
noun
9 noun also SPOR into/in watertumadh masc he took a dive into the water thum sé isteach san uiscethe dive lasted 20 minutes mhair an tumadh 20 nóiméadback dive cúltumadh masc, tumadh i ndiaidh do chúiltry dive tumadh trialach 10 noun bird, planetumadh masc the plane went into a steep dive thosaigh an t-eitleán ag tumadh go géar 11 noun especially SPOR towards groundto make a dive for sth tú féin a chaitheamh i dtreo ruda 12 noun SOCC deliberate falltitim bhréagachtitim bhréigethat free was a dive titim bhréige a thuill an cic saor sin dóibhthe referee said it was a dive dúirt an réiteoir gur thit sé d'aon turas 13 noun rapid movementiarraidh fem fogha masc4 áladh masc1 he made a dive for the sweets rinne sé iarraidh ar na milseáin, thug sé fogha faoi na milseáinshe made a dive to try and stop them thug sí iarraidh ar iad a stopadh 14 noun FIN, ECON in currency, value, etctitim thobann ísliú tobannfollowing the dive in interest rates i ndiaidh do na rátaí úis titim go tobann 15 noun informal seedy bar etcpoll masc1 prochóg fem2 áit shuarach