Dive
Dive verb - To cast oneself head first into deep water.
Fly
Fly verb - To move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings.
Usage example: the Wright brothers realized mankind's age-old wish to fly
Dive and fly are semantically related in take to the air topic. Sometimes you can use "Dive" instead a verb "Fly".
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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UFO Robo Grendizer: Grendizer had THREE of them (not counting its spaceship): Double Spacer -to fly inside and outside of atmosphere-, Marine Spacer -to fly and dive underwater- and Drill Spacer -to fly and burrow underground-.
Source: Jet Pack -
Jet Pack: Grendizer had THREE of them (not counting its spaceship): Double Spacer -to fly inside and outside of atmosphere-, Marine Spacer -to fly and dive underwater- and Drill Spacer -to fly and burrow underground-.
Source: Anime / UFO Robo Grendizer -
It could also fly high enough to easily intercept B-29s (indeed, it could fly high enough to dive on them).
Source: Real Life / Cool Plane
Cite this Source
Fly and Dive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dive/fly
Dive & Fly. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dive/fly>.
Fly or Dive. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dive/fly.
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