power-dive — verb make a power dive The airplane power dived • Topics: ↑air travel, ↑aviation, ↑air • Hypernyms: ↑dive, ↑plunge, ↑plunk • … Useful english dictionary
power-dive — /pow euhr duyv /, v.t., v.i., power dived or power dove, power dived, power diving. Aeron. to cause to perform or to perform a power dive. [1935 40] * * * … Universalium
powerdive — power dive n. A downward plunge of an aircraft accelerated by both gravity and engine power. powʹer dive (pouʹər dīv ) v. * * * … Universalium
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