power-dive


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power dive

n.
A downward plunge of an aircraft accelerated by both gravity and engine power.

pow′er-dive′ v.
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power-dive


Past participle: power-dived
Gerund: power-diving

Imperative
power-dive
power-dive
Present
I power-dive
you power-dive
he/she/it power-dives
we power-dive
you power-dive
they power-dive
Preterite
I power-dived
you power-dived
he/she/it power-dived
we power-dived
you power-dived
they power-dived
Present Continuous
I am power-diving
you are power-diving
he/she/it is power-diving
we are power-diving
you are power-diving
they are power-diving
Present Perfect
I have power-dived
you have power-dived
he/she/it has power-dived
we have power-dived
you have power-dived
they have power-dived
Past Continuous
I was power-diving
you were power-diving
he/she/it was power-diving
we were power-diving
you were power-diving
they were power-diving
Past Perfect
I had power-dived
you had power-dived
he/she/it had power-dived
we had power-dived
you had power-dived
they had power-dived
Future
I will power-dive
you will power-dive
he/she/it will power-dive
we will power-dive
you will power-dive
they will power-dive
Future Perfect
I will have power-dived
you will have power-dived
he/she/it will have power-dived
we will have power-dived
you will have power-dived
they will have power-dived
Future Continuous
I will be power-diving
you will be power-diving
he/she/it will be power-diving
we will be power-diving
you will be power-diving
they will be power-diving
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been power-diving
you have been power-diving
he/she/it has been power-diving
we have been power-diving
you have been power-diving
they have been power-diving
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been power-diving
you will have been power-diving
he/she/it will have been power-diving
we will have been power-diving
you will have been power-diving
they will have been power-diving
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been power-diving
you had been power-diving
he/she/it had been power-diving
we had been power-diving
you had been power-diving
they had been power-diving
Conditional
I would power-dive
you would power-dive
he/she/it would power-dive
we would power-dive
you would power-dive
they would power-dive
Past Conditional
I would have power-dived
you would have power-dived
he/she/it would have power-dived
we would have power-dived
you would have power-dived
they would have power-dived
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.power-dive - make a power dive; "The airplane power-dived"
air travel, aviation, air - travel via aircraft; "air travel involves too much waiting in airports"; "if you've time to spare go by air"
dive, plunge, plunk - drop steeply; "the stock market plunged"
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Then the Spitfire "rose vertically into the sun, rolled like a dolphin at play, cut across the sky at a breathtaking angle into a horizontal dash into the clouds and then roared down in a power-dive to make one gasp".
But their seats are equipped with special communication buttons so they can warn the flight deck if trouble starts.If the pilot receives a warning signal from the sky marshal, he has instructions to roll and power-dive the aircraft in a violent manoeuvre designed to throw anyone standing up off their feet.