to dive for pearls

  • 1dive — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 of an aircraft ADJECTIVE ▪ steep, vertical ▪ gentle, shallow ▪ spiral VERB + DIVE ▪ …

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  • 2pearls — pÉœrl /pɜːl n. white shiny bead commonly used for jewelry; beloved person v. search for pearls, dive for pearls; extract pearls …

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  • 3dive — 01. Jeremy was afraid to [dive] in the water, so his sister pushed him. 02. He [dove] into the icy water, and then quickly jumped out. 03. He [dived] into the icy water, and then quickly jumped out. 04. Marly jumped off the highest [diving] board …

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  • 4dive — dive1 [ daıv ] (past tense dived or dove [ douv ] ) verb intransitive ** ▸ 1 jump into water ▸ 2 swim underwater ▸ 3 move downward ▸ 4 jump sideways/forward ▸ 5 lose value quickly ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) to jump into water with your head first and with… …

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  • 5dive — I UK [daɪv] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms dive : present tense I/you/we/they dive he/she/it dives present participle diving past tense dived past participle dived ** 1) to jump into water with your head first and with your arms stretched… …

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  • 6Dive — Dive, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dived}, colloq. {Dove}, a relic of the AS. strong forms de[ a]f, dofen; p. pr. & vb. n. {Diving}.] [OE. diven, duven, AS. d?fan to sink, v. t., fr. d?fan, v. i.; akin to Icel. d?fa, G. taufen, E. dip, deep, and perh. to …

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  • 7Nevis — For other uses, see Nevis (disambiguation). Nevis …

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  • 8pearl — pÉœrl /pɜːl n. white shiny bead commonly used for jewelry; beloved person v. search for pearls, dive for pearls; extract pearls …

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  • 9pearled — pÉœrl /pɜːl n. white shiny bead commonly used for jewelry; beloved person v. search for pearls, dive for pearls; extract pearls …

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  • 10pearling — pÉœrl /pɜːl n. white shiny bead commonly used for jewelry; beloved person v. search for pearls, dive for pearls; extract pearls …

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