Descend - English meaning

dɪˈsend

Descend – definitions in English dictionary

verb
Move or fall downwards.
Usage examples:
The aircraft began to descend
Synonims:
Go downCome downDropFallSinkSubsideDivePlummetPlungeNosedivePitchTumbleSlump
verb
(of a road, path, or flight of steps) slope or lead downwards.
Usage examples:
A side road descended into the forest
Synonims:
SlopeDipSlantDeclineGo downSinkFall away
verb
Make a sudden attack on.
Usage examples:
The militia descended on rye
verb
Be a blood relative of (a specified ancestor).
Usage examples:
John dalrymple was descended from an ancient ayrshire family
Synonims:
Be a descendant ofOriginate fromIssue fromSpring fromHave as an ancestorDerive from

verb
Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

verb
To go down or come down something
Usage examples:
[ i ] the path descends to the valley below., [ t ] jane descended the stairs slowly in her wedding…

verb
To go or come down
Usage examples:
The path descended steeply into the valley., jane descended the stairs.

verb
If darkness or night descends, it becomes dark and day changes to night.

verb
If a negative or bad feeling descends, it is felt everywhere in a place or by everyone at the same time
Usage examples:
Descend on a feeling of despair descended on us as we realized that we were lost., gloom descended …

verb
If a condition, usually a negative condition, descends, it quickly develops in every part of a place
Usage examples:
Descend on silence descended on the room., descend over an eerie calm descended over the city., the…

Descend translation into English

Descend: translate from English into Chinese

下降, 下, 降落, 降, 下去

Descend: translate from English into Dutch

Afdalen, Dalen, Neerdalen, Nederdalen, Afstammen, Stammen, Naar beneden gaan, Neervallen, Neerstromen, Naar beneden vallen, Zich verlagen, Afhellen, Overgaan

Descend: translate from English into French

Descendre, Tomber, Se descendre, Se transmettre à, Être issu de, Passer par l'héritage de, S'apaiser

Descend: translate from English into German

Absteigen, Sinken, Abstammen, Fallen, Senken, Herunterkommen, Niedergehen, Herfallen, Übergehen, Landen, Sich senken, Hinabschreiten, Sich vererben

Descend: translate from English into Hindi

उतरना, नीचे उतरना, उतर जाना, नीचे आना, ऊंचाई कम हो जाना, नीचा उड़ना, नतीजा होना, वंशज होना, बिगड़ना, बिगड़ जाना, पतित होना, पतित हो जाना, अचानक आ पहुंचना, आ धमकना, आ पड़ना, नीचे जाना, गिरना, वंशक्रम से आना

Descend: translate from English into Italian

Scendere, Discendere, Derivare

Descend: translate from English into Korean

하강하다, 내려가다, 내리받이가 되다, 계통을 잇다, 타락하다, 감소하다, 축소하다, 습격하다, 남 쪽으로 움직이다, 지평선 쪽으로 움직이다

Descend: translate from English into Russian

Спускаться, Сходить, Опускаться, Опуститься, Нисходить, Снижаться, Происходить, Нагрянуть, Налететь, Переходить, Понижаться, Пасть, Обрушиваться, Унижаться, Передаваться по наследству, Склоняться к горизонту

Descend: translate from English into Spanish

Descender, Bajar, Ir abajo

Word origin

Middle English: from Old French descendre, from Latin descendere, from de- ‘down’ + scandere ‘to climb’.

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Descend – similar words

descendant

dɪˈsen.dənt

noun
A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.
Usage examples:
She's a descendant of charles darwin

noun
A person related to someone from an earlier generation (= all the people of about the same age within a particular family)
Usage examples:
The pennsylvania dutch are descendants of early german immigrants.

noun
A person who is related to you and who lives after you, such as your child or grandchild
Usage examples:
He has no descendants., descendant of they claim to be descendants of a french duke., we owe it to …

Descendant - all meanings in English

Descend synonims

decline

dɪˈklaɪn

verb
(typically of something regarded as good) become smaller, fewer, or less; decrease.
Usage examples:
The birth rate continued to decline

noun
A gradual and continuous loss of strength, numbers, quality, or value.
Usage examples:
A serious decline in bird numbers

verb
To go down in amount or quality; lessen or weaken
Usage examples:
His interest in the project declined after his wife died., her health declined quickly., [ t ] she …

Decline - all meanings in English

dip

dɪp

verb
Put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid).
Usage examples:
He dipped a brush in the paint

noun
A brief swim.
Usage examples:
They cooled off by taking a dip in the pool

abbreviation
Document image processing, a system for the digital storage and retrieval of documents as scanned images.

Dip - all meanings in English

dive

daɪv

verb
Plunge head first into water with one's arms raised over one's head.
Usage examples:
She walked to the deep end, then she dived in

noun
A plunge head first into water.
Usage examples:
He hit the sea in a shallow dive

verb
A headlong plunge into water

Dive - all meanings in English

drop

drɒp

verb
Let or make (something) fall vertically.
Usage examples:
The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun
A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.
Usage examples:
The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

verb
Let fall to the ground

Drop - all meanings in English

fall

fɔːl

verb
Move from a higher to a lower level, typically rapidly and without control.
Usage examples:
Five inches of snow fell through the night

noun
An act of falling or collapsing.
Usage examples:
His mother had a fall as she alighted from a train

verb
Descend freely under the influence of gravity

Fall - all meanings in English

nosedive

noun
A steep downward plunge by an aircraft.
Usage examples:
The pilot put the plane in a nosedive and ejected

verb
(of an aircraft) make a nosedive.
Usage examples:
The plane nosedived into the ground and exploded

noun
(esp. of an aircraft) a fast and sudden fall to the ground with the front pointing down
Usage examples:
Fig. stock prices took a nosedive (= a sudden fall in value)., fig. profits nosedived in the last q…

Nosedive - all meanings in English

pitch

noun
The quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.
Usage examples:
Her voice rose steadily in pitch

verb
Set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch.
Usage examples:
You've pitched the melody very high

verb
Cover, coat, or smear with pitch.
Usage examples:
He pitched the ship inside and outside

Pitch - all meanings in English

plummet

verb
Fall or drop straight down at high speed.
Usage examples:
A climber was killed when he plummeted 300 feet down an icy gully

noun
A steep and rapid fall or drop.
Usage examples:
The bird has a circular display flight followed by an earthward plummet

verb
To fall very quickly and suddenly
Usage examples:
Temperatures plummeted last night., the parachute failed to open and he plummeted to the ground.

Plummet - all meanings in English

plunge

verb
Jump or dive quickly and energetically.
Usage examples:
Our little daughters whooped as they plunged into the sea

noun
An act of jumping or diving into water.
Usage examples:
Fanatics went straight from the hot room to take a cold plunge

verb
Dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

Plunge - all meanings in English

sink

verb
Go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged.
Usage examples:
He saw the coffin sink below the surface of the waves

noun
A fixed basin with a water supply and outflow pipe.
Usage examples:
I stood at the kitchen sink

noun
Fall or descend to a lower place or level

Sink - all meanings in English

slant

verb
Slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.
Usage examples:
A ploughed field slanted up to the skyline

noun
A sloping position.
Usage examples:
The hedge grew at a slant

adjective
Sloping.
Usage examples:
Slant pockets

Slant - all meanings in English

slope

noun
A surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface.
Usage examples:
He slithered helplessly down the slope

verb
(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down.
Usage examples:
The garden sloped down to a stream

Slope - all meanings in English

slump

verb
Sit, lean, or fall heavily and limply.
Usage examples:
She slumped against the cushions

noun
A sudden severe or prolonged fall in the price, value, or amount of something.
Usage examples:
A slump in profits

verb
To fall heavily and suddenly
Usage examples:
She slumped to the floor in a faint., the old man slumped in his chair, asleep., we both slumped ag…

Slump - all meanings in English

subside

verb
Become less intense, violent, or severe.
Usage examples:
I'll wait a few minutes until the storm subsides

verb
(of a condition) to become less strong, or (of an activity or disagreement) to become less violent
Usage examples:
When her pain didn’t subside, matt drove her to the hospital., friction between the groups subsided…

Subside - all meanings in English