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descend [dɪˈsɛnd] vb (mainly intr)
1. (also tr) to move, pass, or go down (a hill, slope, staircase, etc.) 2. (of a hill, slope, or path) to lead or extend down; slope; incline 3. to move to a lower level, pitch, etc.; fall 4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (often foll by from) to be connected by a blood relationship (to a dead or extinct individual, race, species, etc.) 5. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) to be passed on by parents or ancestors; be inherited 6. to sink or come down in morals or behaviour; lower oneself 7. (often foll by on or upon) to arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming way their relatives descended upon them last week 8. (Astronomy & Space / Celestial Objects) (of the sun, moon, etc.) to move towards the horizon [from Old French descendre, from Latin dēscendere, from de- + scandere to climb; see scan] descendable adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
descend verb 1. fall, drop, sink, go down, plunge, dive, tumble, plummet, subside, move down Disaster struck as the plane descended through the mist. fall rise, scale, mount, climb, go up, soar, ascend 2. get off, alight, disembark, dismount, debus, deplane, detrain The bus stopped and three people descended. 3. go down, come down, walk down, move down, climb down Things are cooler and more damp as we descend to the cellar. 4. slope, decline, sink, dip, incline, slant, fall away, gravitate The path descended steeply to the rushing river. be descended from originate from, derive from, spring from, proceed from, issue from, be a descendant of He was proud to be descended from tradesmen. descend on something or someone attack, assault, raid, invade, swoop, pounce, assail, arrive, come in force, arrive in hordes Drunken mobs descended on their homes. descend to something lower yourself, resort, stoop, be reduced, condescend, deign, humble yourself, debase yourself, abase yourself She's got too much dignity to descend to writing anonymous letters. Translations descend [dɪˈsend] A. VT 2. (= originate) to be descended from sb → descender de algn B. VI 2. (= invade, take over) to descend (up)on [fog, silence] → caer sobre; [army, reporters] → invadir (hum) [visitors] → invadir we've got the whole family descending on us this weekend → nos va a invadir toda la familia este fin de semana 3. (= sink) I'd never descend to that level → nunca me rebajaría a ese nivel to descend to doing sth → rebajarse a hacer algo 4. (= be inherited) [property, custom] → pasar (to a) 5. (= originate) to descend from [+ ancestors] → descender de his family descends from William the Conqueror → su familia desciende de Guillermo el Conquistador descend [dɪˈsɛnd] vt [+ stairs] → descendre vi (= go down) → descendre (fig) (= stoop) to descend to sth → s'abaisser à qch to descend to doing sth → s'abaisser à faire qch descend on descend upon vt fus (= arrive in) [+ place] → envahir (= come to see) [+ person] → assaillir The whole family always descended on him at Christmas → A Noël, il était toujours assailli par sa famille au complet. Visitors descended on us → Nous étions assaillis de visiteurs. [gloom, silence, calm] → envahir descend vi (= go down, person) → hinuntergehen, hinabschreiten (geh); (lift, vehicle) → hinunterfahren; (road) → hinunterführen, hinuntergehen; (hill) → abfallen; (from horse) → absteigen; (Astron) → untergehen; in descending order of importance → nach Wichtigkeit geordnet (= have as ancestor) → abstammen (from von) (= pass by inheritance, property) → übergehen (→ from von, to auf +acc); (customs) → überliefert werden (→ from von, to auf +acc); (rights) → vererbt werden (→ from von, to auf +acc) (= attack suddenly) → herfallen (→ on, upon über +acc), → überfallen (on, upon sb jdn); (disease, illness) → heimsuchen (on, upon sb jdn); (= come over, sadness etc) → befallen (on, upon sb jdn); (silence) → sich senken (→ on, upon über +acc) (inf: = visit) to descend (up)on somebody → jdn überfallen (inf); thousands of fans are expected to descend on the city → man erwartet, dass tausende or Tausende von Fans die Stadt überlaufen (= lower oneself) to descend to something → sich zu etw herablassen; I’d never descend to sarcasm → ich würde mich nicht dazu herablassen, sarkastisch zu werden; he even descended to bribery → er scheute selbst vor Bestechung nicht zurück; to descend into anarchy/chaos/civil war → in Anarchie/Chaos/einen Bürgerkrieg versinken vt stairs → hinuntergehen or -steigen, hinabschreiten (geh) to be descended from → abstammen von descend [dɪˈsɛnd] 1. vt a. (frm) (stairs) → scendere b. to be descended from sb (Genealogy) → discendere da qn 2. vi a. (go down) to descend (from) → (di)scendere (da); (road) → scendere (da) in descending order of importance → in ordine decrescente d'importanza b. (property, customs) to descend from ...to → passare da... a to descend from generation to generation → tramandarsi di generazione in generazione descend on descend upon vi + prep (subj, enemy, large group, angry person) → assalire, piombare su (liter) (gloom, silence) → scendere su visitors descended on us → ci sono capitati ospiti inaspettati descend to vi + prep (lower o.s. to) to descend to sth → abbassarsi a qc to descend to doing sth → abbassarsi a fare qc v descend [diˈsend] 1 to go or climb down from a higher place or position He descended the staircase. afklim يَنْزِلُ слизам sestoupit gå ned ad heruntersteigen κατεβαίνω descender, bajar laskuma پایین رفتن؛ نزول کردن laskeutua descendre לָרֶדֶת उतरना sići, spustiti se lemegy menuruni koma niður discendere, scendere 降りる 내려가다 nusileisti nokāpt; nolaisties turun afdalen gå/stige ned, dale, synke schodzić descer a coborî спускаться zostúpiť spustiti se sići gå (komma, fara) ner, stiga (gå) nedför ลงมา inmek 下來 спускатися; сходити اونچے مقام سے نیچے کی طرف آنا xuống 下来 2 to slope downwards The hills descend to the sea. neerdaal يَنْحَدِر спускам svažovat se skrå ned mod sich senken κατηφορίζω descender langema سرازیر شدن؛ شیب داشتن viettää descendre לָרֶדֶת नीचे आना opadati, spuštati se leereszkedik melandai halla niður á við scendere 下り坂になる 내리막이 되다 leistis žemyn vest lejup turun afhellen gå/skrå nedover, stige ned, falle opadać descer a coborî понижаться zvažovať sa spuščati se spuštati se slutta ลาดลงมา inmek, alçalmak 下斜 сходити نیچے کی طرف سرکنا dốc xuống 下斜 3 (withon) to make a sudden attack on The soldiers descended on the helpless villagers. toesak يُهاجِمُن يَنْقَضُّ нападам внезапно zaútočit (na) vælte ind over herfallen επιτίθεμαι ξαφνικά atacar, caer sobre, lanzarse sobre kallale sööstma یورش بردن؛ سر کسی خراب شدن hyökätä se jeter (sur) לִפשׁוֹט आक्रमण करना nasrnuti na megrohan vkit menyerang ráðast skyndilega á piombare su 急襲する 습격하다 užpulti pēkšņi uzbrukt menyerang overvallen kaste seg over, overfalle, hjemsøke runąć cair sobre a se arunca (asupra) обрушиваться zaútočiť (na) planiti napasti överrumpla, slå ner på จู่โจม saldırmak 襲擊 нападати, накидатися اچانک حملہ کرنا tấn 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, spruit ذُرِّيَّه، نَسْل потомък potomek efterkommer der Nachkomme απόγονος descendiente järglane نواده؛ نوه و نتیجه jälkeläinen descendant/-ante צְאֵצָא वंशज potomak leszármazott keturunan afkomandi discendente 子孫 자손 palikuonis pēcnācējs keturunan afstammeling etterkommer potomek descendente descendent, urmaş потомок potomok potomec potomak ättling ลูกหลาน soyundan gelen kimse 後裔,子孫 нащадок کوئی شخص یا شے جس کا کسی سے سلسلئہ نسب ملتا ہے con cháu 后裔,子孙 n deˈscent [-t] 1 the act of descending The descent of the hill was quickly completed. afdaling, neerdaling إنْحِدار спускане sestup nedstigning der Abstieg κάθοδος descenso laskumine نزول؛ فروروی laskeutuminen descente יְרִידָה उतार spuštanje leereszkedés penurunan niðurferð, niðurkoma discesa 降下 내리막 nusileidimas nokāpšana; nolaišanās turun afdaling nedstigning zejście descida coborâre спуск zostup sestop spuštanje nedstigande, nedgång, nedfärd ทางลง iniş 下降 спуск; зниження اترنے کا عمل sự đi xuống 下降 2 a slope That is a steep descent. afdraand مُنْحَدَر склон svah skrænt die Senkung κατήφορος pendiente, declive, bajada (mäe)veer شیب lasku pente מוֹרָד नीचे उतरना nizbrdica lejtő lereng brekka discesa 下り坂 경사 nuokalnė nogāze cerun helling nedoverbakke zbocze descida pantă склон svah pobočje nagib sluttning, nedförsbacke ทางลาด bayır iniş 斜坡 схил نزول đường dốc 斜坡 3 family; ancestry She is of royal descent. herkoms أصْل، نَسَب، سُلالَه произход původ afstamning die Abstammung καταγωγή, οικογενειακή προέλευση ascendencia sünnipära تبار؛ نسب syntyperä origine מוֹצָא वंश podrijetlo (le)származás keluarga ætterni discendenza, famiglia 家系 혈통 kilmė, kilimas izcelsme keturunan afkomst ætt, avstamning, arv pochodzenie descendência descendenţă происхождение pôvod rod poreklo härkomst, börd การสืบเชื้อสาย ata, soy 血統 походження سلسلئہ نسب dòng dõi 血统 be descended from to be a descendant of. afstam van يَتَحَدَّر من произлизам от pocházet nedstamme fra abstammen von κατάγομαι από ser descendiente de, descender de põlvnema از تبار کسی بودن؛ از نسل کسی بودن olla jonkun jälkeläinen descendre de לִהְיוֹת צְאֵצָא שֶׁל के वंशज potjecati leszármazott keturunan vera kominn af discendere da ~の子孫である (~의) 자손이다 būti kilusiam iš (par izcelsmi) celties no; nākt no keturunan afstammen van ætte fra, stamme fra ser descendente de a se trage din происходить из pochádzať z biti po rodu voditi poreklo härstamma från มีเชื้อสายของ soyundan gelmek 傳下 вести свій рід; походити від کسی خاندان سے ہونا thuộc dòng dõi 传下 the noun descendant ends in -ant (not -ent ). descend → ينحدر sestoupit stige ned hinabgehen κατεβαίνω descender laskeutua descendre sići scendere 降りる 내려가다 afdalen gå ned zejść descer спускаться härstamma ลงมา inmek đi xuống 下降 Want to thank TFD for its existence? 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