descend (verb)
11descend — [[t]dɪse̱nd[/t]] descends, descending, descended 1) VERB If you descend or if you descend a staircase, you move downwards from a higher to a lower level. [FORMAL] [V prep] Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar... [V n] She… …
12descend to — des ˈcend to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they descend to he/she/it descends to present participle descending to past tense descended to …
13descend — /dəˈsɛnd / (say duh send) verb (i) 1. to move or pass from a higher to a lower place; go or come down; fall; sink. 2. to pass from higher to lower in any scale. 3. to go from generals to particulars. 4. to slope or tend downward. 5. to come down… …
14descend */*/ — UK [dɪˈsend] / US verb Word forms descend : present tense I/you/we/they descend he/she/it descends present participle descending past tense descended past participle descended 1) [intransitive/transitive] formal to go down a mountain or slope, or …
15descend from — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms descend from : present tense I/you/we/they descend from he/she/it descends from present participle descending from past tense descended from past participle descended from 1) descend from someone/something… …
16descend on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms descend on : present tense I/you/we/they descend on he/she/it descends on present participle descending on past tense descended on past participle descended on a) descend on someone/something if people descend …
17descend to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms descend to : present tense I/you/we/they descend to he/she/it descends to present participle descending to past tense descended to past participle descended to descend to (doing) something to start behaving in …
18descend into — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms descend into : present tense I/you/we/they descend into he/she/it descends into present participle descending into past tense descended into past participle descended into descend into something if a situation …
19descend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. go down (see descent); lower or debase oneself (see disrepute). descend [up]on II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To move lower] Syn. come down, go down, slide, settle, drop, stoop, gravitate, slip, dismount,… …
20descend — [dɪˈsend] verb 1) [I/T] formal to go down something such as a mountain, a slope, or stairs Ant: ascend 2) [I] to move closer to the ground from the air or from a high point 3) be descended from to be related to a person or animal that lived long… …
