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nosedive
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun nosedive has 2 senses
- nosedive(n = noun.process) Array - a sudden sharp drop or rapid decline; "the stock took a nosedive" is a kind of decline, diminution
- nosedive(n = noun.act) dive, nose dive - a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft; Array is a kind of descent
has particulars: power dive
Verb nosedive has 1 sense
- nosedive(v = verb.motion) Array - plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft; Array is one way to dive, plunge, plunk
Sample sentence:
The airplane is sure to nosedive
CIDE DICTIONARY
nosedive, v. i.
To drop with the nose or front first, as of an airplane. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nosedive, n. & v.
--n.
1 a steep downward plunge by an aeroplane.
2 a sudden plunge or drop.
--v.intr. make a nosedive.
--n.
1 a steep downward plunge by an aeroplane.
2 a sudden plunge or drop.
--v.intr. make a nosedive.
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