|
|
- pronunciation:
- dih
send
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
descends, descending, descended |
| definition 1: |
to move downward or to a lower position.
The airplane is beginning to descend now.An angel descended from the heavens.- synonyms:
- drop, fall, lower
- antonyms:
- ascend, climb, lift, mount, rise
- similar words:
- dive, land, plunge, set, sink, stoop, submerge, subside
|
| definition 2: |
to be related by blood through several generations.
He descends from African kings.- synonyms:
- derive
- similar words:
- arise, originate, relate
|
| definition 3: |
to be passed along by inheritance, as from one generation to the next.
This gold watch was my great grandfather's, and it will descend to me someday. |
| definition 4: |
to move to a lower position on or by means of.
He descended the stairs.
- synonyms:
- lower, sink
- antonyms:
- ascend, mount
- similar words:
- dip, dive, land, stoop
|
| related words: |
alight, derive, move, rain, sag, settle |
|
|
|
|
|
|