SKIN-DIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does skin-dive mean? 

• SKIN-DIVE (noun)
  The noun SKIN-DIVE has 1 sense:

1. underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel

  Familiarity information: SKIN-DIVE used as a noun is very rare.

• SKIN-DIVE (verb)
  The verb SKIN-DIVE has 1 sense:

1. swim underwater with no breathing apparatus other than a snorkel

  Familiarity information: SKIN-DIVE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SKIN-DIVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

skin-dive; skin diving

Hypernyms ("skin-dive" is a kind of...):

swim; swimming (the act of swimming)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "skin-dive"):

scuba diving (skin diving with scuba apparatus)

snorkel diving; snorkeling (skin diving with a snorkel)

Derivation:

skin-dive (swim underwater with no breathing apparatus other than a snorkel)

• SKIN-DIVE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they skin-dive    ... he / she / it skin-dives   
Past simple: skin-dived    / skin-dove   
Past participle: skin-dived    / skin-dove   
-ing form: skin-diving   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Swim underwater with no breathing apparatus other than a snorkel

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "skin-dive" is one way to...):

dive (swim under water)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

skin-dive (underwater swimming without any more breathing equipment than a snorkel)

skin-diver (an underwater swimmer equipped with a face mask and foot fins and either a snorkel or an air cylinder)