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D0156000 (dĭ-sĕnd′)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 be related by genetic descent from an individual or individuals in a previous generation: He descends from Norwegian immigrants.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 overwhelming manner: summer tourists descending on the seashore village.v.tr.1. To move from a higher to lower part of; go down: I descended the staircase into the basement.2. To extend or proceed downward along: a road that descended the mountain in sharp curves.Idiom: be descended from To be related to (an ancestor) by genetic descent from an individual or individuals in a previous generation: She claims to be descended from European royalty.

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

de·scend′i·ble, de·scend′a·ble adj.

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(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; incline3. to move to a lower level, pitch, etc; fall4. (Genetics) (often foll by from) to be connected by a blood relationship (to a dead or extinct individual, race, species, etc)5. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (often foll by from) to be connected by a blood relationship (to a dead or extinct individual, race, species, etc)6. (Genetics) to be passed on by parents or ancestors; be inherited7. to sink or come down in morals or behaviour; lower oneself8. (often foll by: on or upon) to arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming way: their relatives descended upon them last week. 9. (Celestial Objects) (of the sun, moon, etc) to move towards the horizon[C13: from Old French descendre, from Latin dēscendere, from de- + scandere to climb; see scan] desˈcendable adj

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v.i. 1. to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop. 2. to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series. 3. to go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion. 4. to slope, tend, or lead downward: The path descends to the pond. 5. to be inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family: The title descends through eldest sons. 6. to be derived from something remote in time, esp. through continuous transmission: a festival descending from a druidic rite. 7. to attack or approach as if attacking (usu. fol. by on or upon): Thrill-seekers descended upon the scene of the crime. 8. to settle, as a cloud or vapor. 9. to sink or come down from a certain standard or level of behavior; stoop: You must never descend to bickering. v.t. 10. to move downward upon or along; go or climb down (stairs, a hill, etc.). 11. to extend or lead down along. 12. descend or be descended from, to have a certain ancestor or ancestry: We are descended from the kings of Ireland. [1250–1300; < Old French descendre < Latin dēscendere=dē- de- + -scendere, comb. form of scandere to climb] de•scend′i•ble, de•scend′a•ble, adj. de•scend′ing•ly, adv.

descend

To descend means to move downwards to a lower level.

The valley becomes more exquisite as we descend.The lift descended one floor.

Descend is a formal or literary word. When someone or something moves downwards to a lower level, you normally say that they go down or come down.

First she went down to the basement to throw the morning's load of laundry from the washer into the dryer.He stood at the foot of the stairs calling for her to come down.

descend

Past participle: descended
Gerund: descending

Imperative
descend
descend

Present
I descend
you descend
he/she/it descends
we descend
you descend
they descend

Preterite
I descended
you descended
he/she/it descended
we descended
you descended
they descended

Present Continuous
I am descending
you are descending
he/she/it is descending
we are descending
you are descending
they are descending

Present Perfect
I have descended
you have descended
he/she/it has descended
we have descended
you have descended
they have descended

Past Continuous
I was descending
you were descending
he/she/it was descending
we were descending
you were descending
they were descending

Past Perfect
I had descended
you had descended
he/she/it had descended
we had descended
you had descended
they had descended

Future
I will descend
you will descend
he/she/it will descend
we will descend
you will descend
they will descend

Future Perfect
I will have descended
you will have descended
he/she/it will have descended
we will have descended
you will have descended
they will have descended

Future Continuous
I will be descending
you will be descending
he/she/it will be descending
we will be descending
you will be descending
they will be descending

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been descending
you have been descending
he/she/it has been descending
we have been descending
you have been descending
they have been descending

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been descending
you will have been descending
he/she/it will have been descending
we will have been descending
you will have been descending
they will have been descending

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been descending
you had been descending
he/she/it had been descending
we had been descending
you had been descending
they had been descending

Conditional
I would descend
you would descend
he/she/it would descend
we would descend
you would descend
they would descend

Past Conditional
I would have descended
you would have descended
he/she/it would have descended
we would have descended
you would have descended
they would have descended

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, fallprolapse - 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 snowdive, 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 abruptlytopple, 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 waterpitch - 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 cascadeascend, 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, comederive - 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 dignitydeign, condescendact, 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, fallcome - 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"

descend

verb1. 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, ascend2. 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.

descend

verb1. To move downward in response to gravity:drop, fall.2. To slope downward:decline, dip, drop, fall, pitch, sink.3. To have hereditary derivation:derive, issue, spring.Idiom: trace one's descent.4. To bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior:lower, sink, stoop.5. To become lower in quality, character, or condition:atrophy, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, retrograde, sink, worsen.Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed , go to the dogs.

Translations

下斜下来下降袭击

descend

(diˈsend) verb1. to go or climb down from a higher place or position. He descended the staircase.下来2. to slope downwards. The hills descend to the sea.下斜3. (with on) to make a sudden attack on. The soldiers descended on the helpless villagers.袭击deˈscendant noun the child, grandchild, great-grandchild etc of a person. This is a photograph of my grandmother with all her descendants. 后裔，子孙 deˈscent (-t) noun1. the act of descending. The descent of the hill was quickly completed.下降2. a slope. That is a steep descent.斜坡3. family; ancestry. She is of royal descent.血统be descended from to be a descendant of. 传下

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

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the red mist descends

To fall into a state of extreme anger, excitement, or competitive arousal, such as might cloud one's judgment or senses. Primarily heard in UK. Their striker isn't the most consistent player on the pitch, but once the red mist descends, you had better get out of his way. I'm not sure what happened. I was at the pub having a pint, and then someone insulted me, and I guess the red mist must have descended, because, the next thing I knew, I was being dragged away with bloodied knuckles.See also: descend, mist, red

descend from (someone or something)

1. Literally, to move from a higher point to a lower one. The bride looked simply gorgeous as she descended from the balcony in her flowing gown.2. To originate from a particular ancestor or source. I was shocked to learn that I descended from key figures in the American Revolution.See also: descend

descend into (something)

To move down into something. The fireman descended into the sewers to save the kitten.See also: descend

descend on (something)

1. Literally, to drop onto someone or something. No one was too pleased when rain began to descend on our picnic.2. By extension, to converge at a particular place or thing, often in great numbers. The kids descended on the birthday cake as soon as I set it down. People have descended on our town to attend that big software conference.See also: descend, on

descend to (something)

1. Literally, to move from a higher point to a lower one. If our plane is descending to the runway already, we might make our connecting flight after all.2. To condescend to do something. Now that Billy's famous, I doubt he'll descend to call his own mother.See also: descend

be descended from (someone or something)

To be related a particular ancestor or bloodline. Is it true? Is she really descended from Benjamin Franklin?See also: descend

descend from someone

or some group [for a living creature] to come from a particular set of ancestors. I descend from a large family of Dutch traders. Wally is descended from Daniel Boone.See also: descend

descend from something

to move down from something. The bird descended from the top of the tree to a lower branch. Take care when you descend from the ladder.See also: descend

descend into something

to go down into something. The butler descended into the cellar for another bottle of wine. Fred descended into the canyon on an organized tour.See also: descend

descend to something

1. . Lit. to go down to something. I must descend to the lower level to greet the guests. Gerald descended to the front door to see who was there. 2. Fig. to condescend to do something; to stoop to doing something; to lower oneself to do something bad. I refuse to descend to the performance of such menial duties. I will not descend to a life of crime.See also: descend

descend (up)on someone or something

1. . Lit. [for something] to come down or fall upon someone or something. Flakes of fluffy snow descended upon the gentle slopes. 2. . Fig. [for people] to arrive or come to someone or something in great numbers. The petitioners descended upon the mayor's office in droves.See also: descend, on

be descended from

To be related to (an ancestor) by genetic descent from an individual or individuals in a previous generation: She claims to be descended from European royalty.See also: descend

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verb fall

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verb get off

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verb go down

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verb slope

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phrase be descended from

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phrase descend to something

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verb to move downward in response to gravity

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verb to slope downward

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verb to have hereditary derivation

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verb to bring oneself down to a lower level of behavior

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verb to become lower in quality, character, or condition

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verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

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verb come from

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verb do something that one considers to be below one's dignity

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verb come as if by falling

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