steep, vertical
gentle, shallow
spiral

go into
The plane went into a steep dive.

pull out of
The pilot seemed to be having difficulty in pulling out of the dive.

headlong, nose (usually nosedive)
The economy is on a headlong dive to disaster.
His acting career took a nosedive.

sudden
deep
running
She made a running dive to get across the crevasse.

make, take
She made a dive for the door.
He took a dive in the penalty area and won his team a controversial penalty.
The market is volatile and profits could take a dive. (figurative)

dive for
There would be a dive for the bar as soon as the show finished.

deep, head first
down

for
to dive for pearls

from
She dived from the top diving board.

into
He dived head first into the water.

off

go diving
He went to Greece to go diving.

suddenly
vertically
Unlike some birds, it does not dive vertically.

from, to
The plane suddenly dived from 10 000 feet to 5 000.

head first, headlong
back, down, forward

beneath
into
He dived headlong into the ditch.

through
under

dive for cover
We heard an explosion and dived for cover.

Dive is used with these nouns as the subject:
duck, submarine, whale