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Meanings of diver in English

Russian
водолаз
Spanish
submarinista
Catalan
bus
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Person who performs underwater diving.

Related terms
водолаз
Portuguese
mergulhador
Catalan
bus

Someone who dives (into water)

mergulhador
Synonyms
Examples for "plunger"
Examples for "plunger"
1
One of the men broke away and crawled toward the plunger box.
The Romance of Elaine / Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"
2
If the plunger completed its motion the cheese would be completely crushed.
Perdido Street Station
3
Tom pointed downward to a pedallike plunger inserted in the tunnel floor.
Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X
4
The pumps are of the usual Cornish plunger type, with flap valves.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885
5
With a thud Balcom crashed full upon the plunger, driving it home.
The Master Mystery
Portuguese
mobelha
Catalan
gaviforme
Spanish
gavia

Large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes.

mobelha
Usage of diver in English
1
Hwang, the diver, said his team had retrieved 14 bodies so far.
Reuters
2
The centre is looking for an experienced scuba diver for the job.
The Irish Times
3
The next time I saw a diver it was in deeper water.
Lord Dolphin
4
No longer did the treacherous track indicate the position of the diver.
The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere
5
The Chinese diver Luxin Zhou is on course for a pillar-to-post gold.
The Guardian
6
Arrangements were being made to take the diver to the local hospital.
Joe Strong, the Boy Fish; or, Marvelous Doings in a Big Tank
7
French diver Luc Vanrell tells Witness History about solving the decades-long mystery.
BBC
8
Opunui is a great diver and has his dens in the sea.
Hawaiian Folk Tales / A Collection of Native Legends
9
Concrete was thus deposited in 18 ft. of water without a diver.
Concrete Construction: Methods and Costs
10
He had to use some of the air from the emergency diver.
Wired
11
Usually he launches them over water, & a skin diver recovers them.
The new yorker
12
Also selected on Tuesday was the father of British diver Chris Mears.
The Guardian
13
A diver died near Channel Island in the Hauraki Gulf yesterday afternoon.
Radio NZ
14
The diver was coming up and Lister presently helped him on board.
Lister's Great Adventure
15
This will be the third time they've been recovered by a diver.
Gulf coast girl: original title, scorpion reef
16
Before long, though, another cookhouse witness, the diver Rob Parker, walked up.
Blind descent: the quest to discover the deepest place on earth
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Diver through the time
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