descend (verb)
41call down — verb 1. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic raise the specter of unemployment he conjured wild birds in the air call down the spirits from the mountain • Syn: ↑raise, ↑conjure, ↑conjure up, ↑invoke …
42take down — verb 1. move something or somebody to a lower position (Freq. 3) take down the vase from the shelf • Syn: ↑lower, ↑let down, ↑get down, ↑bring down • Ant: ↑raise ( …
43strike down — verb 1. cause to die, especially suddenly The disease struck down many young men in the village • Hypernyms: ↑kill • Verb Frames: Something s somebody 2. cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow strike down a tree …
44get down — verb Date: 1647 transitive verb 1. to manage to swallow 2. to cause to be physically, mentally, or emotionally exhausted ; depress < the weather was getting her down > 3. to commit to writing ; describe intransitive verb …
45swoop — verb 1) pigeons swooped down after the grain Syn: dive, descend, pounce, plunge, pitch, nosedive 2) police swooped on the flat Syn: raid, descend on, pounce on, attack; …
46decline — verb (declined, declining) –verb (t) /dəˈklaɪn / (say duh kluyn) 1. to withhold consent to do, enter upon, or accept; refuse: he declined to say more about it; she declined the offer with thanks. 2. to cause to slope or incline downward. 3.… …
47drop down — verb fall or descend to a lower place or level He sank to his knees • Syn: ↑sink, ↑drop • Derivationally related forms: ↑drop (for: ↑drop) • Hypernyms …
48locomote — verb 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… …
49rope down — verb 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 • Syn:… …
50avale — verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Middle English avalen, from Middle French avaler, from Old French, from aval downward, from a to (from Latin ad) + val valley more at at, vale …
