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NOSEDIVE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

Synonyms:

dive; nose dive; nosedive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("nosedive" is a kind of...):

descent (the act of changing your location in a downward direction)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nosedive"):

power dive (a dive of an airplane that is accelerated both by gravity and by the power of the engine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sudden sharp drop or rapid decline

Example:

the stock took a nosedive

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("nosedive" is a kind of...):

decline; diminution (change toward something smaller or lower)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "nosedive" is one way to...):

dive; plunge; plunk (drop steeply)

Domain category:

air; air travel; aviation (travel via aircraft)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Sentence example:

The airplane is sure to nosedive

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