Dive

Dive is a word that can have several meanings:

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• Diving is the act of plunging head first into water, or swimming under water.
• Dive (band) is an industrial music band from Belgium.
• Dive (Sarah Brightman album) is the name of a 1993 album by Sarah Brightman.
• In relation to aircraft, it is a maneuver where the nose of the aircraft is pointed vertically down to ground. See dive bomber.
• A ramshackle or seedy bar.
• Dive can also refer to the name of J-pop band BeForU's first single, which first appeared in Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX.

Past Tense of Dive :

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Although in America it is common to read "dove" as the Past Tense of the verb "dive," in British English and formal writing it is accepted, favorable, and preferred to use "dived."

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