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descend
[dih-send]
verb (used without object)
to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down.
to descend from the mountaintop.
to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series.
to go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion.
to slope, tend, or lead downward.
The path descends to the pond.
to be inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family.
The title descends through eldest sons.
to have a specific person or family among one's ancestors (usually followed byfrom ).
He is descended from Cromwell.
to be derived from something remote in time, especially through continuous transmission.
This festival descends from a druidic rite.
to approach or pounce upon, especially in a greedy or hasty manner (followed by on orupon ).
Thrill-seekers descended upon the scene of the crime.
to settle, as a cloud or vapor.
to appear or become manifest, as a supernatural being, state of mind, etc..
Jupiter descended to humankind.
to attack, especially with violence and suddenness (usually followed by on orupon ).
to descend upon enemy soldiers.
to sink or come down from a certain intellectual, moral, or social standard.
He would never descend to baseness.
Astronomy.to move toward the horizon, as the sun or a star.
verb (used with object)
to move downward upon or along; go or climb down (stairs, a hill, etc.).
to extend or lead down along.
The path descends the hill.
descend
/ ɪˈɛԻ /
verb
(also tr) to move, pass, or go down (a hill, slope, staircase, etc)
(of a hill, slope, or path) to lead or extend down; slope; incline
to move to a lower level, pitch, etc; fall
(often foll by from) to be connected by a blood relationship (to a dead or extinct individual, race, species, etc)
to be passed on by parents or ancestors; be inherited
to sink or come down in morals or behaviour; lower oneself
to arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming way
their relatives descended upon them last week
(of the sun, moon, etc) to move towards the horizon
Other 51Թ Forms
- descendingly adverb
- predescend verb
- redescend verb
- undescending adjective
- ˈԻ岹 adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of descend1
Example Sentences
Leaders of some of the world's wealthiest countries have descended on a luxury mountain lodge nestled in Canada's Rockies for this year's G7 summit.
Scenes of chaos descended on the campus as people ran around trying to escape - or find out what had happened.
It proceeds to descend and becomes obscured by trees and buildings, before a large explosion appears on the horizon.
A journalist based in New Delhi pronounced, based on unspecified evidence, that Los Angeles “is descending into a full-blown warzone.”
This triggered an anti-immigration protest in Belfast city centre, which descended into a day and night of violence, with further disorder in the next few days.
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