descend

B2
Pronunciation
/dɪˈsɛnd/
Verb
11 definition(s)
1 Definition

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.

Example Sentences
  • The rain descended, and the floods came.
2 Definition

To enter mentally; to retire.

3 Definition

(with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.

Example Sentences
  • And on the suitors let thy wrath descend.
4 Definition

To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself

Example Sentences
  • he descended from his high estate
5 Definition

To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered.

6 Definition

To come down, as from a source, original, or stock

7 Definition

To be derived (from)

8 Definition

To proceed by generation or by transmission; to happen by inheritance.

Example Sentences
  • A crown descends to the heir.
9 Definition

To move toward the south, or to the southward.

10 Definition

To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.

11 Definition

To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of

Example Sentences
  • they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder