descend
1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (Freq. 12)
- The temperature is going down
- The barometer is falling
- The curtain fell on the diva
- Her hand went up and then fell again
• Syn:
fall, go down, come down
• Ant:
rise (for: fall), ascend
• See Also:
fall in (for: fall)
• Derivationally related forms:
fall (for: fall), descendant, descendent, descent
• Hypernyms:
travel, go, move, locomote
• Hyponyms:
prolapse, rappel, abseil, rope down, unhorse,
dismount, light, get off, get down, avalanche, roll down,
dive, plunge, plunk, set, go down, go under,
decline, slump, correct, precipitate, sink, subside,
crash, flop, tumble, topple, drop, plop,
pitch, alight, climb down, settle, pounce, swoop,
drip, cascade, cascade down
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- The airplane is sure to descend
2. come from;
be connected by a relationship of blood, for example (Freq. 3)
- She was descended from an old Italian noble family
- he comes from humble origins
• Syn:
derive, come
• Derivationally related forms:
descent, descendent, descendant, derivative (for: derive), derivation (for: derive)
• Verb Group:
hail, come, derive
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
3. do something that one considers to be below one's dignity (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
condescend, deign
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
4. come as if by falling
- Night fell
- Silence fell
• Syn:
fall, settle
• Hypernyms:
come
• Verb Group:
fall
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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