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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 by from ):
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 or upon ):
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 or upon ):
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
- often foll byon or upon 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
Derived Forms
- ˈԻ岹, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ·Ի·Բ· adverb
- ··Ի verb
- ··Ի verb
- ܲ··Ի·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of descend1
Example Sentences
After circulating a flyer with Metcalf's face labeled "Protect White Americans," Lang descended on this Texas suburb to lead a rally painting Black Americans as a near-existential threat to white Americans.
They spend most of their lifetime living in trees — descending only to lay eggs.
"There are some social media channels that are particularly vitriolic and are descending into a gutter," said Brasher.
The robot descends to the seabed to collect fluids, gases and snap off chunks of rock.
Tens of thousands of Catholics had gathered in Rome for Easter Mass during this special jubilee year, which takes place every 25 years and sees millions of pilgrims descend on the city.
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