Meaning of 'dive' in Xhosa is: ngena

dive: ngena

Noun:

ntywila, ukutshonisa, zangasese, ukutshona, xhuma, bazibone, intlakohlaza, impukane, Niyigxeleshelani, -bamba, ukunyothula, uziphose, kumabamba.

Verb:

ntywila, bazibone, ukubhafa, xhuma, intlakohlaza, bagxalathelane ukuya, isinki, ukuya phantsi, ntywilisela.

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Noun(1) a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall(2) a headlong plunge into water(3) a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft(4) descent(5) usually underwater(6) dirty(7) sleazy establishment
Verb(1) drop steeply(2) plunge into water(3) swim under water(4) descend(5) usually going underwater

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(1) Men go out in fishing boats or dive from the shore, while women often mend fishing nets.(2) If he took this logic to the extreme, the next course of action might mean a radical dive to pick up airspeed so we could pop up over the trees.(3) Letting out a zealous shriek, he took a great daredevil dive over the sofa, knocking against the coffee table and scattering its contents all over.(4) Yellow cards are to be issued to players who dive .(5) Some can dive to depths of one kilometre without damage to their tissues.(6) Margaret's entry is so clean, you'd think this was a forward dive .(7) In Sydney, their chance of a medal was lost in the execution of their last and most complex dive , given 3.8 degree of difficulty, the highest in the competition.(8) He dodged the bullets and made a dive for the chute.(9) she made a dive for the fridge to quench her thirst(10) the fish dive down to about 1,400 feet(11) McKee pressed the fighter stick forward, sending the craft into a non-afterburning mach-one dive .(12) the jumbo jet went into a dive(13) People out fishing reported seeing the aircraft flying straight and level, then entering a spiral dive before flattening out momentarily.(14) You can even dive with sharks at the Aquarium if you are a qualified diver.(15) The third place is Botanica, a dive bar on Houston and Mulberry.(16) Nina and Beth were going stag, and they were going to meet up with Topher, Jill, and their dates at this little Italian dive called Pomodoro.