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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb descend has 4 senses
- descend(v = verb.motion) come down, fall, go down - move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
- descend(v = verb.stative) come, derive - come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" Derived forms noun descendant1, noun descendent1, noun descent6, noun descent4
- descend(v = verb.social) condescend, deign - do something that one considers to be below one's dignity; is one way to act, move
- descend(v = verb.change) fall, settle - come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" is one way to come
Antonym: ascend
Derived forms adjective descendant1, adjective descendent1, noun descent1
Sample sentence:
The airplane is sure to descend
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
OXFORD DICTIONARY
descend, v.
1 tr. & intr. go or come down (a hill, stairs, etc.).
2 intr. (of a thing) sink, fall (rain descended heavily).
3 intr. slope downwards, lie along a descending slope (fields descended to the beach).
4 intr. (usu. foll. by on) a make a sudden attack. b make an unexpected and usu. unwelcome visit (hope they don't descend on us at the weekend).
5 intr. (usu. foll. by from, to) (of property, qualities, rights, etc.) be passed by inheritance (the house descends from my grandmother; the property descended to me).
6 intr. a sink in rank, quality, etc. b (foll. by to) degrade oneself morally to (an unworthy act) (descend to violence).
7 intr. Mus. (of sound) become lower in pitch.
8 intr. (usu. foll. by to) proceed (in discourse or writing): a in time (to a subsequent event etc.). b from the general (to the particular) (now let's descend to details).
9 tr. go along (a river etc.) to the sea etc.
10 intr. Printing (of a letter) have its tail below the line.
1 tr. & intr. go or come down (a hill, stairs, etc.).
2 intr. (of a thing) sink, fall (rain descended heavily).
3 intr. slope downwards, lie along a descending slope (fields descended to the beach).
4 intr. (usu. foll. by on) a make a sudden attack. b make an unexpected and usu. unwelcome visit (hope they don't descend on us at the weekend).
5 intr. (usu. foll. by from, to) (of property, qualities, rights, etc.) be passed by inheritance (the house descends from my grandmother; the property descended to me).
6 intr. a sink in rank, quality, etc. b (foll. by to) degrade oneself morally to (an unworthy act) (descend to violence).
7 intr. Mus. (of sound) become lower in pitch.
8 intr. (usu. foll. by to) proceed (in discourse or writing): a in time (to a subsequent event etc.). b from the general (to the particular) (now let's descend to details).
9 tr. go along (a river etc.) to the sea etc.
10 intr. Printing (of a letter) have its tail below the line.
Idiom
be descended from have as an ancestor.
Derivative
descendent adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF descendre f. L descendere (as DE-, scandere climb)
THESAURUS
descend
advance, alight, ascend, assault, attack, back, back up, bank, be shamed, budge, cant, careen, cascade, cataract, change, change hands, change ownership, change place, circle, climb, climb down, collapse, come down, come in, condescend, crash, crash-land, decline, degenerate, deign, derogate, descend on, devolve, dip, dip down, disimprove, disintegrate, ditch, down, downwind, drop, drop down, drop off, ebb, fall, fall away, fall down, fall into disrepute, fall off, flow, get down, get over, go, go around, go down, go downhill, go round, go sideways, go uphill, grade, gravitate, gyrate, head, incline, incur discredit, incur disesteem, incur disgrace, invade, keel, land, lead, lean, level off, light, list, lose altitude, lose caste, lose countenance, lose credit, lose face, lower, lower oneself, mount, move, move over, overshoot, pancake, parachute, pass on, pitch, plummet, plunge, point, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, pour down, precipitate, progress, rain, rake, regress, retreat, retrograde, retrogress, rise, rot, rotate, run, settle, settle down, shelve, shift, sidle, sink, slant, slope, soar, spin, stir, stoop, stream, subside, succeed, swag, sway, swoop, swoop down on, swoop down upon, talk down, tend, tend to go, tilt, tip, touch down, travel, trend downward, uprise, upwind, vouchsafe, wane, whirl, worsenROGET THESAURUS
descend
Decrease
VB decrease, diminish, lessen, abridge, shrink, drop off, fall off, tail off, fall away, waste, wear, wane, ebb, decline, descend, subside, melt away, die away, retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble, bate, abate, dequantitate, discount, depreciate, extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away, mitigate, dwarf, throw into the shade, reduce, shorten, subtract.Descent
VB descend, go down, drop down, come down, fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle, plunge, plummet, crash, decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg, slump, dismount, alight, light, get down, swoop, stoop, fall prostrate, precipitate oneself, let fall, tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down, tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.
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