descend
/dəˈsɛnd/verb2 syllables
Descend means: come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.
Synonyms for descend10
verb, as in move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
verb, as in do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
condescend, deign
Opposites of descend
ascend
What does descend mean?4
verb
1
come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example“She was descended from an old Italian noble family”
2
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way“The temperature is going down”
3
come as if by falling“Night fell”
4
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with descend?28
three syllables
Descend in a sentence
- Americans descend from immigrants, and they are very patriotic.unknown
- For all of us, the night will descend and the stagecoach will arrive.carlosalberto
- The train pulled up at a small wayside station, and we all descended.Hybrid
- Humans are not descended from apes, except for some people.H_Liliom
- I didn't expect his behavior to descend to such a disagreeable level.CM
- The aircraft began to descend toward the runway.IMer
- The weather conditions are expected to descend into a severe storm by tomorrow morning.IMer
- The river descends from the mountains to the bay below.unknown
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Forms of descend
as a verb
- past tense
- descended
- present participle
- descending
- third-person singular
- descends
- past participle
- descended