descend
Meaning of descend
verb
- move or fall downwards.
the aircraft began to descend
- (of a road, path, or flight of steps) slope or lead downwards.
a side road descended into the forest
a flight of stairs descended a steep slope
- make a sudden attack on.
the militia descended on Rye
- be a blood relative of (a specified ancestor).
John Dalrymple was descended from an ancient Ayrshire family
Middle English: from Old French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- ‘down’ + scandere ‘to climb’.
Information about descend
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of descend is: descends.
- Languages in which descend is used:
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Hyphenation of descend
de-scend
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- descend is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
descend synonyms
Meaning fall:
Meaning derive:
Meaning condescend:
Meaning let or make (something) fall vertically:
Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:
Meaning become less intense, violent, or severe:
Meaning plunge head first into water with one's arms raised over one's head:
Meaning fall or drop straight down at high speed:
Meaning fall suddenly and uncontrollably:
Meaning (of an aircraft) make a nosedive:
Meaning set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch:
Meaning fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong:
Meaning sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply:
Meaning (of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down:
Meaning put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid):
Meaning slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal:
Meaning (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease:
descend antonyms
Meaning go up or climb:
Meaning go or come up a (slope or staircase); ascend:
Translation of descend
- Spanish: bajar, descender, provenir, caer
- French: descendre
- Italian: scendere, discendere, calare, cadere, diminuire, abbassarsi, ribassare
- German: heruntergehen
Anagrams of descend
Words that rhyme with descend
accend, incend, coercend, ascend, coascend, condescend, predescend, reascend, redescend, scend, transcend
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