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SKIN-DIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skin-dive mean?
• SKIN-DIVE (noun)
The noun SKIN-DIVE has 1 sense:
1. underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel
Familiarity information: SKIN-DIVE used as a noun is very rare.
• SKIN-DIVE (verb)
The verb SKIN-DIVE has 1 sense:
1. swim underwater with no breathing apparatus other than a snorkel
Familiarity information: SKIN-DIVE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
skin-dive; skin diving
Hypernyms ("skin-dive" is a kind of...):
swim; swimming (the act of swimming)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skin-dive"):
scuba diving (skin diving with scuba apparatus)
snorkel diving; snorkeling (skin diving with a snorkel)
Derivation:
skin-dive (swim underwater with no breathing apparatus other than a snorkel)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: skin-dived / skin-dove
Past participle: skin-dived / skin-dove
-ing form: skin-diving
Sense 1
Meaning:
Swim underwater with no breathing apparatus other than a snorkel
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "skin-dive" is one way to...):
dive (swim under water)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
skin-dive (underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel)
skin-diver (an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder)
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