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diver [ˈdaɪvə] n
1. a person or thing that dives 2. (Business / Professions) a person who works or explores underwater 3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any aquatic bird of the genus Gavia, family Gaviidae, and order Gaviiformes of northern oceans, having a straight pointed bill, small wings, and a long body: noted for swiftness and skill in swimming and diving US and Canadian name loon 4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various other diving birds 5. (Team Sports / Soccer) Soccer slang a player who pretends to have been tripped or impeded by an opposing player in order to win a free kick or penalty ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Translations diver [ˈdaɪvəʳ] N 1. (= swimmer) → saltador(a) m/f, clavadista mf (LAm); (= deep-sea diver) → submarinista mf, buzo m; (sub-aqua) → escafandrista mf 2. (Orn) → colimbo m diver [ˈdaɪvər] n → plongeur/euse m/f diver n → Taucher(in) m(f); (off high board) → Turmspringer(in) m(f); (off springboard) → Kunstspringer(in) m(f) (bird) → Taucher m How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Thou hast been where bell or diver never went; hast slept by many a sailor's side, where sleepless mothers would give their lives to lay them down. He seeks after simplicity and its effects as a diver seeks for sunken gold. Gradgrind greatly tormented his mind about what the people read in this library: a point whereon little rivers of tabular statements periodically flowed into the howling ocean of tabular statements, which no diver ever got to any depth in and came up sane. |
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