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swan-dive

swan-dive verb: to perform a swan dive.

Verb

swan-dive (third-person singular simple present swan-dives, present participle swan-diving, simple past swan-dived or (chiefly US) swan-dove, past participle swan-dived)

  1. to perform a swan dive
  2. (figuratively) to plummet, drop rapidly

Forms of swan-dive

third-person singular presentswan-dives
present participleswan-diving
pastswan-dived
past USswan-dove
past participleswan-dived

Questions about swan-dive

What does swan-dive mean?
Swan-dive means to perform a swan dive.
What part of speech is swan-dive?
Swan-dive is a verb.
What is the past tense of swan-dive?
The past tense of swan-dive is swan-dived.

Words near swan-dive in the dictionary

  1. Swan Village
  2. swan's bath
  3. swan's down
  4. swan's road
  5. swan's-down
  6. swan-dive
  7. swan-dived
  8. swan-dives
  9. swan-diving
  10. swan-necked
  11. swan-pan

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