belly vs dive

belly

verb
  • To cause to swell out; to fill. 

  • To swell and become protuberant; to bulge or billow. 

  • To position one’s belly; to move on one’s belly. 

noun
  • The stomach. 

  • The main curved portion of a knife blade. 

  • The abdomen, especially a fat one. 

  • The part of anything which resembles (either closely or abstractly) the human belly in protuberance or in concavity; often, the fundus (innermost part). 

  • The womb. 

  • The hollow part of a curved or bent timber, the convex part of which is the back. 

  • The lower fuselage of an airplane. 

dive

verb
  • To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water. 

  • To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised. 

  • To descend sharply or steeply. 

  • To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance. 

  • To undertake with enthusiasm. 

  • To swim under water. 

  • To explore by diving; to plunge into. 

  • To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. 

  • To jump into water head-first. 

noun
  • A downward swooping motion. 

  • A swim under water. 

  • A jump or plunge into water. 

  • Aerial descent with the nose pointed down. 

  • A deliberate fall after a challenge. 

  • A decline. 

  • A seedy bar, nightclub, etc. 

  • A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance. 

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