Noah’s bird of peace

noun

1. Any of numerous pigeons
2. A gentle woman or child
3. One who takes a conciliatory attitude and advocates negotiations and compromise

verb

1. To plunge into water intentionally and especially headfirst
2. Submerge

   "the submarine dived"

3. To come or drop down precipitously plunge

   "the temperature is diving"

4. To plunge one's hand into something

   "dived into his pocket"

5. To descend in a dive
6. To plunge into some matter or activity

   "she dove into her studies"

7. To plunge or dash for some place

   "diving for cover"

8. To thrust into something

   "diving one's hands into the icy water"

9. To cause to dive

   "dive a submarine"

noun

1. An American dove (Zenaida macroura) with a pointed tail and a plaintive coo

noun

1. A small pale dove (Streptopelia risoria) that has a black ring around the sides and back of the neck, exists chiefly in domestication as a cage bird, and is probably of African origin

noun

1. A bluish-gray dove (Columba livia) that is indigenous to Eurasia but has been widely established elsewhere including most of North America and that is the ancestor of many domesticated pigeons and of the feral pigeons found in cities and towns throughout most of the world

noun

1. A dive made by a submarine in the least possible time

verb

1. To swim beneath the surface of water especially at considerable depth without a portable breathing device and typically with a face mask and one or two flippers to engage in free diving

   "His lungs can hold more than eight liters of air, twice that of the average adult, and he can hold his breath in a swimming pool for almost nine minutes. By the time he was 12 he could free dive more than 100 feet."

verb

1. To make a power dive
2. To cause to power-dive

verb

1. To swim beneath the surface of water especially at considerable depth without a portable breathing device and typically with a face mask and one or two flippers free-dive