Noun

• S: (n) dive (dive%1:04:00::), nose dive (nose_dive%1:04:00::), nosedive (nosedive%1:04:00::) (a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) descent (descent%1:04:00::) (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)
• S: (n) jump (jump%1:04:02::), parachuting (parachuting%1:04:00::) (descent with a parachute) "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"
• S: (n) dive (dive%1:04:00::), nose dive (nose_dive%1:04:00::), nosedive (nosedive%1:04:00::) (a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft)
• S: (n) rappel (rappel%1:04:00::), abseil (abseil%1:04:00::) ((mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body)
• S: (n) swoop (swoop%1:04:00::) (a swift descent through the air)
• S: (n) crash dive (crash_dive%1:04:00::) (a rapid descent by a submarine)
• S: (n) drop (drop%1:04:00::) (the act of dropping something) "they expected the drop would be successful"
• S: (n) flop (flop%1:04:00::), collapse (collapse%1:04:01::) (the act of throwing yourself down) "he landed on the bed with a great flop"