descend -
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
go up,
ascend be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere"
locomote,
travel,
move,
go change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast"
prolapse slip or fall out of place, as of body parts; "prolapsed rectum"
abseil,
rappel,
rope down lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside; "The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous"; "You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing"
pounce,
swoop move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"
drip fall in drops; "Water is dripping from the faucet"
cascade down,
cascade arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
descend -
come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
descend -
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
act,
move behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"
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Wiktionary
Verb
descend -
To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc. ; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward.
descend -
To enter mentally; to retire. Poetic.
descend -
To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon.
descend -
To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase one's self; as, he descended from his high estate.
descend -
To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.
descend -
To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance; as, the beggar may descend from a prince; a crown descends to the heir.
descend -
To move toward the south, or to the southward.
descend -
To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
descend -
To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of; as, they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder.
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descend To go from a higher to a lower place.
descend To come from; to be connected by a relationship of blood.
descend To move downward and lower (e.g. of temperature values or falling objects).
