(nautical) A moveable control surface on a submarine, used to control the depth and pitch of the submarine.

A spider, Argyroneta aquatica, living almost entirely underwater, using hairs on its abdomen and legs to trap air.

plural of diving bell spider

A form of deep diving using an umbilical that supplies air, power and communications from the surface to the diver, who wears a diving helmet. This is the traditional diving with a diving helmet and air hose.

(transitive) To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).

The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business. / The process of stripping away a person's confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate them into an organization.

(finance) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.

simple past tense and past participle of divest

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of divest

present participle of divest