Dive and Lower

Dive

Dive verb - To go to a lower level especially abruptly.

Usage example: sales figures for existing homes dived dramatically when mortgage rates skyrocketed

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Lower and dive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lower" instead a verb "Dive".

Nearby Words: dived, diver, diving

Lower verb - To go to a lower level especially abruptly.

Usage example: prices of the new type of televisions lowered considerably as competition and sales increased

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Dive and lower are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dive" instead a verb "Lower".

Nearby Words: lowered, lowering, lowermost, lowercase

game	dive game	lower game
points	dive points	lower points

Back to School, the Triple Lindy, a dive that involved jumping from the high dive and landing on all the lower boards before hitting the water.

Source: High-Dive Hijinks
The player can manually lower the Excitement Meter before or after taking a dive to prevent Margaret from drowning too early.

Source: Oxygen Meter
The Palmer Rule was later revised in 2009, which stated that defenders on the ground can't lunge or dive at the passer's knees/lower legs (The Tom Brady Rule).

Source: Obvious Rule Patch / Sports

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Lower and Dive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dive/lower

Dive & Lower. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dive/lower>.

Lower or Dive. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dive/lower.

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