Descend - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
- come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example (syn: come, derive)
- come as if by falling (syn: fall, settle)
Extra examples
Wait for the elevator to descend.
The workers descended into the hole.
A herd of goats descended into the valley.
The airplane will descend to a lower altitude soon.
Descending the mountain was even more dangerous than climbing it.
The children descended the staircase silently.
The path descends to the river.
The stairs descended into the tunnel.
From the heights of the mountain immense avalanches often descend.
From here the path descends.
We watched the plane descend.
The shades of evening began to descend.
Thousands of tourists descend on the lake every year.
A feeling of sadness descended on me.
The manor descended to his son.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: descend
he/she/it: descends
present participle: descending
past tense: descended
past participle: descended
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