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descend

/ descend /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
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"
Opposites:
rise lift arise move up go up
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
prolapse rappel abseil rope down unhorse
Derived:
fall descent
See also:
collapse fall in cave in give give way
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 2
come as if by falling
"Night fell"
"Silence fell"
Type of:
come
Verb group:
fall
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
do something that one considers to be below one''s dignity
Type of:
act move
Usage Patterns:
Something is ----ing PP
verb Sense 4
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:
descent line of descent lineage filiation line
Verb group:
hail come derive
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
Semantic Complexity
52%
Sense Count
4
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
32
Times Searched
2
Relationship Distribution

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Related Words

travel go move prolapse rappel abseil rope down unhorse rise lift arise move up