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diver

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div·er  (dvr)
n.
1. One that dives: a high diver who excelled in performing the jackknife.
2. One that works under water, especially one equipped with breathing apparatus and weighted clothing.
3. Any of several diving water birds, especially the loon.

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
Noun1.diverdiver - someone who works underwater        
deep-sea diver - a diver in the deeper parts of the sea
explorer, adventurer - someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
pearl diver, pearler - a diver who searches for molluscs containing pearls
scuba diver - an underwater diver who uses scuba gear
2.diver - someone who dives (into water)
swimmer - a trained athlete who participates in swimming meets; "he was an Olympic swimmer"
3.diver - large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes
gaviiform seabird - seabirds of the order Gaviiformes
Gavia, genus Gavia - type genus of the Gavidae: loons
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] nplongeur/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

diver [ˈdaɪvəʳ] n
a. (swimmer) → tuffatore/trice; (deep-sea diver) → palombaro
diver's buoy → segnasub m inv
b. (Zool) → strolaga

diver [ˈdaɪvəʳ] n
a. (swimmer) → tuffatore/trice; (deep-sea diver) → palombaro
diver's buoy → segnasub m inv
b. (Zool) → strolaga

diver غطاس potápěč dykker Taucher δύτης submarinista sukeltaja plongeur ronilac tuffatore 潜水夫 다이버 duiker dykker nurek mergulhador ныряльщик dykare นักดำน้ำ dalgıç thợ lặn 跳水者


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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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