descend (redirected from descended on)

de·scend  (d-snd)

v. de·scend·ed, de·scend·ing, de·scends

v.intr.

1. To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down.

2. To slope, extend, or incline downward: "A rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain" J.R.R. Tolkien.

3.

a. To come from an ancestor or ancestry: He was descended from a pioneer family.

b. To come down from a source; derive: a tradition descending from colonial days.

c. To pass by inheritance: The house has descended through four generations.

4. To lower oneself; stoop: "She, the conqueror, had descended to the level of the conquered" James Bryce.

5. To proceed or progress downward, as in rank, pitch, or scale: titles listed in descending order of importance; notes that descended to the lower register.

6. To arrive or attack in a sudden or an overwhelming manner: summer tourists descending on the seashore village.

v.tr.

1.

a. To move from a higher to a lower part of; go down.

b. To get down from: "People descended the minibus that shuttled guests to the nearby . . . beach" Howard Kaplan.

2. To extend or proceed downward along: a road that descended the mountain in sharp curves.

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[Middle English descenden, from Old French descendre, from Latin dscendere : d-, de- + scandere, to climb; see skand- in Indo-European roots.]

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de·scendi·ble, de·scenda·ble adj.

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descend

Verb

1. to move down (a slope, staircase, etc.)

2. to move or fall to a lower level, pitch, etc.

3. be descended from to be connected by a blood relationship to

4. descend on to visit unexpectedly

5. descend to to stoop to (unworthy behaviour) [Latin descendere]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	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" come down, go down, fall prolapse - slip or fall out of place, as of body parts; "prolapsed rectum" go, locomote, move, travel - 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" 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" dismount, unhorse, get down, light, get off - alight from (a horse) avalanche, roll down - gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow dive, plunge, plunk - drop steeply; "the stock market plunged" go under, go down, set - disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days" slump, correct, decline - go down in value; "the stock market corrected"; "prices slumped" precipitate - fall vertically, sharply, or headlong; "Our economy precipitated into complete ruin" subside, sink - descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" crash - fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea" flop - fall suddenly and abruptly topple, tumble - fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it" drop - to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets" plop - drop with the sound of something falling into water pitch - fall or plunge forward; "She pitched over the railing of the balcony" climb down, alight - come down; "the birds alighted" go under, go down, sink, settle - go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" 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, cascade down - rush down in big quantities, like a cascade ascend, go up - travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
	2.	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" derive, come derive - come from; "The present name derives from an older form" hail, come - be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"
	3.	descend - do something that one considers to be below one's dignity deign, condescend act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
	4.	descend - come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" settle, fall 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 - go as if by falling; "Grief fell from our hearts"

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descend

verb 1. fall, drop, sink, go down, plunge, dive, tumble, plummet, subside, move down << OPPOSITE rise get off,

verb 2. go down, come down, walk down, move down, climb down

verb 3. slope, dip, incline, slant, gravitate >> be descended from originate from, derive from, spring from, proceed from, issue from

descend on something or someone attack, assault, raid, invade, swoop, pounce, assail, arrive, come in force

descend to something lower yourself to, stoop to, condescend to, abase yourself by

Translations

descend [dɪˈsɛnd] vt, vi → descender, bajar;

to descend from → descender de;

in descending order of importance → de mayor a menor importancia

descend on vt fus [enemy, angry person] → caer sobre; [misfortune] → sobrevenir; [gloom, silence] → invadir;

visitors descended on us → las visitas nos invadieron

descend [dɪˈsɛnd] vt, vi → descendre;

to descend from → descendre de, être issu(e) de;

to descend to → s'abaisser à;

in descending order of importance → par ordre d'importance décroissante

descend on vt fus [enemy, angry person] → tomber or sauter sur; [misfortune] → s'abattre sur; [gloom, silence] → envahir;

visitors descended (up)on us → des gens sont arrivés chez nous à l'improviste

descend [dɪˈsɛnd] vt → hinuntergehen, hinuntersteigen;

(lift, vehicle) → hinunterfahren;

(road) → hinunterführen

vi → hinuntergehen;

(lift) → nach unten fahren;

to descend from → abstammen von;

to descend to → sich erniedrigen zu;

in descending order of importance → nach Wichtigkeit geordnet

descend on descend vt fus → überfallen;

(subj) (misfortune) → hereinbrechen über +acc: (gloom) → befallen: (silence) → sich senken auf +acc;

visitors descended (up)on us descend → der Besuch hat uns überfallen

descend [dɪˈsɛnd] vt, vi → discendere, scendere;

to descend from → discendere da;

in descending order of importance → in ordine decrescente d'importanza

descend on vt fus [enemy, angry person] → assalire, piombare su; [misfortune] → arrivare addosso a;

(fig) [gloom, silence] → scendere su;

visitors descended (up)on us → ci sono arrivate visite tra capo e collo

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descend

v descend [diˈsend]

1 to go or climb down from a higher place or position He descended the staircase.afklimيَنْزِلُслизамsestoupitgå ned adheruntersteigenκατεβαίνωdescender, bajarlaskumaپایین رفتن؛ نزول کردنlaskeutuadescendreלָרֶדֶתउतरनाsići, spustiti selemegymenurunikoma niðurdiscendere, scendere降りる내려오다nusileistinokāpt; nolaistiesturunafdalengå/stige ned, dale, synkeschodzićdescera coborîспускатьсяzostúpiťspustiti sesićigå (komma, fara) ner, stiga (gå) nedförลงมาinmek下來спускатися; сходитиاونچے مقام سے نیچے کی طرف آناxuống下来

2 to slope downwards The hills descend to the sea.neerdaalيَنْحَدِرспускамsvažovat seskrå ned modsich senkenκατηφορίζωdescenderlangemaسرازیر شدن؛ شیب داشتنviettäädescendreלָרֶדֶתनीचे आनाopadati, spuštati seleereszkedikmelandaihalla niður á viðscendere下り坂になる(길·언덕이 ...로) 미끄러져 뻗어 있다leistis žemynvest lejupturunafhellengå/skrå nedover, stige ned, falleopadaćdescera coborîпонижатьсяzvažovať saspuščati sespuštati sesluttaลาดลงมาinmek, alçalmak下斜сходитиنیچے کی طرف سرکناdốc xuống下斜

3 (with on) to make a sudden attack on The soldiers descended on the helpless villagers.toesakيُهاجِمُن يَنْقَضُّнападам внезапноzaútočit (na)vælte ind overherfallenεπιτίθεμαι ξαφνικάatacar, caer sobre, lanzarse sobrekallale sööstmaیورش بردن؛ سر کسی خراب شدنhyökätä kimppuunse jeter (sur)לִפשׁוֹטआक्रमण करनाnasrnuti namegrohan vkitmenyerangráðast skyndilega ápiombare su急襲する급습하다užpultipēkšņi uzbruktmenyerangovervallenkaste seg over, overfalle, hjemsøkerunąćcair sobrea se arunca (asupra)обрушиватьсяzaútočiť (na)planitinapastiöverrumpla, slå ner påจู่โจมsaldırmak襲擊нападати, накидатисяاچانک حملہ کرناtấn công đột ngột袭击

n deˈscendant

the child, grandchild, great-grandchild etc of a person This is a photograph of my grandmother with all her descendants.afstammeling, spruitذُرِّيَّه، نَسْلпотомъкpotomekefterkommerder Nachkommeαπόγονοςdescendientejärglaneنواده؛ نوه و نتیجهjälkeläinendescendant/-anteצְאֵצָאवंशजpotomakleszármazottketurunanafkomandidiscendente子孫자손, 후예palikuonispēcnācējsketurunanafstammelingetterkommerpotomekdescendentedescendent, urmaşпотомокpotomokpotomecpotomakättlingลูกหลานsoyundan gelen kimse後裔，子孫нащадокکوئی شخص یا شے جس کا کسی سے سلسلئہ نسب ملتا ہےcon cháu后裔，子孙

n deˈscent [-t]

1 the act of descending The descent of the hill was quickly completed.afdaling, neerdalingإنْحِدارспусканеsestupnedstigningder Abstiegκάθοδοςdescensolaskumineنزول؛ فرورویlaskeutuminendescenteיְרִידָהउतारspuštanjeleereszkedéspenurunanniðurferð, niðurkomadiscesa降下하강nusileidimasnokāpšana; nolaišanāsturunafdalingnedstigningzejściedescidacobo­­râreспускzostupsestopspuštanjenedstigande, nedgång, nedfärdทางลงiniş下降спуск; зниженняاترنے کا عملsự đi xuống下降

2 a slope That is a steep descent.afdraandمُنْحَدَرсклонsvahskræntdie Senkungκατήφοροςpendiente, declive, bajada(mäe)veerشیبrinnepenteמוֹרָדनीचे उतरनाnizbrdicalejtőlerengbrekkadiscesa下り坂내리막길nuokalnėnogāzecerunhellingnedoverbakkezboczedescidapantăсклонsvahpobočjenagibsluttning, nedförsbackeทางลาดbayır iniş斜坡схилنزولđường dốc斜坡

3 family; ancestry She is of royal descent.herkomsأصْل، نَسَب، سُلالَهпроизходpůvodafstamningdie Abstammungκαταγωγή, οικογενειακή προέλευσηascendenciasünnipäraتبار؛ نسبsyntyperäorigineמוֹצָאवंशpodrijetlo(le)származáskeluargaætternidiscendenza, famiglia家系출신, 혈통kilmė, kilimasizcelsmeketurunanafkomstætt, avstamning, arvpochodzeniedescendênciades­cendenţăпроисхождениеpôvodrodporeklohärkomst, bördการสืบเชื้อสายata, soy血統походженняسلسلئہ نسبdòng dõi血统

be descended from

to be a descendant of. afstam vanيَتَحَدَّر منпроизлизам отpocházetnedstamme fraabstammen vonκατάγομαι απόser descendiente de, descender depõlvnemaاز تبار کسی بودن؛ از نسل کسی بودنpolveutuadescendre deלִהְיוֹת צְאֵצָא שֶׁלके वंशजpotjecatileszármazottketurunanvera kominn afdiscendere da～の子孫である...의 자손이다būti kilusiam iš(par izcelsmi) celties no; nākt noketurunanafstammen vanætte fra, stamme fraser descendente dea se trage dinпроисходить изpochádzať zbiti po roduvoditi poreklohärstamma frånมีเชื้อสายของsoyundan gelmek傳下вести свій рід; походити відکسی خاندان سے ہوناthuộc dòng dõi传下

the noun descendant ends in -ant (not -ent ).