descend

Definition of Descend in English :

Verb

1. come down, descend, fall, go down

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

Example Sentences:
'The temperature is going down'
'The barometer is falling'
'The curtain fell on the diva'
'Her hand went up and then fell again'

2. come, derive, descend

come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

Example Sentences:
'She was descended from an old Italian noble family'
'he comes from humble origins'

come
derive

3. condescend, deign, descend

do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

4. descend, fall, settle

come as if by falling

Example Sentences:
'Night fell'
'Silence fell'

fall
settle

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Descend

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verb (mainly intr)

1. (also tr)

to move, pass, or go down (a hill, slope, staircase, etc)

2.

(of a hill, slope, or path) to lead or extend down; slope; incline

3.

to move to a lower level, pitch, etc; fall

4. (often foll by from)

to be connected by a blood relationship (to a dead or extinct individual, race, species, etc)

5.

to be passed on by parents or ancestors; be inherited

6.

to sink or come down in morals or behaviour; lower oneself

7. (often foll by on or upon)

to arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming way

their relatives descended upon them last week

8.

(of the sun, moon, etc) to move towards the horizon

Descend

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verb intransitive

1.

to move from a higher to a lower place; come down or go down

2.

to pass from an earlier to a later time, from greater to less, from general to particular, etc.

3.

to slope or extend downward

4.

to come down (from a source, as from an ancestor)

usually with auxiliary be

he is descended from pioneers

5.

to pass by inheritance or heredity

the estate descended to the nephew

6.

to lower oneself or stoop (to some act)

7.

to make a sudden attack, raid, or visit (on or upon)

8. Astronomy

to move toward the horizon

9. Music

to move down the scale

verb transitive

10.

to move, step, or pass down or down along

Descend

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v. de·scend·ed, de·scend·ing, de·scends

v.intr.

1. To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down.

2. To slope, extend, or incline downward: "A rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain" (J.R.R. Tolkien).

3.

a. To be related by genetic descent from an individual or individuals in a previous generation: He descends from Norwegian immigrants.

b. To come down from a source; derive: a tradition descending from colonial days.

c. To pass by inheritance: The house has descended through four generations.

4. To lower oneself; stoop: "She, the conqueror, had descended to the level of the conquered" (James Bryce).

5. To proceed or progress downward, as in rank, pitch, or scale: titles listed in descending order of importance; notes that descended to the lower register.

6. To arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming manner: summer tourists descending on the seashore village.

v.tr.

1. To move from a higher to lower part of; go down: I descended the staircase into the basement.

2. To extend or proceed downward along: a road that descended the mountain in sharp curves.

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