descended

Meaning of descended

verb, past tense
  1. move or fall downwards.
    the aircraft began to descend
  2. (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
  3. make a sudden attack on.
    the militia descended on Rye
  4. 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 descended

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of descended

de-scended

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • descended is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

descended synonyms

Meaning let or make (something) fall vertically:

drop

Meaning move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control:

fall

Meaning go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged:

sink

Meaning become less intense, violent, or severe:

subside

Meaning plunge head first into water with one's arms raised over one's head:

dive

Meaning fall or drop straight down at high speed:

plummet

Meaning fall suddenly and uncontrollably:

plunge

Meaning (of an aircraft) make a nosedive:

nosedive

Meaning set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch:

pitch

Meaning fall suddenly, clumsily, or headlong:

tumble

Meaning sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply:

slump

Meaning (of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down:

slope

Meaning put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid):

dip

Meaning slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal:

slant

Meaning (typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease:

decline

descended antonyms

Meaning go up or climb:

ascend

Meaning go or come up a (slope or staircase); ascend:

climb

Words that rhyme with descended

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