Descend synonyms and antonyms
dĭ-sĕnd'
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(Intransitive) To be recorded or remembered (as).
To slope downward; descend:
To reach a decision.
To descend from rank or dignity; to condescend.
condescend (related)
To do something that one regards as beneath one's social rank or dignity; lower oneself.
Deign is defined as to lower one's self to do or say something, and to do so with a high sense of one's own superiority.
Sink is defined as to go down slowly, or to drop beneath the surface or normal level.
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mount (antonym)
To go upward; rise:
ascend (antonym)
To move upward upon or along; climb:
dive (related)
(Sports) To exaggerate a fall in an attempt to induce a referee to call a penalty on an opponent.
To generate (a linguistic structure) from another structure or set of structures.
go up (antonym)
(Intransitive, UK) To attend university.
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rise (antonym)
To cause to rise:
To remove (a thing) from its mounting or setting
To decline from a former or standard level; fall off:
(--- Theology) To lose primordial innocence and happiness. Used of humanity as a result of the Fall.
To throw oneself, dive, or rush, as into water, a fight, etc.
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To fall off or decline precipitously
To plunge into water or other liquid and come out quickly.
pass downward
To move lower
To alight; to settle; to come to rest from flight.
With little weight and few burdens:
To leave a vehicle or aircraft.
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To pitch headlong; fall:
To fall or sink heavily; collapse:
To cause to stumble or fall.
To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
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To sink or plunge beneath the surface of water, etc.
To penetrate is to pass into or through something.
To move lower
swoop down
To move lower
(Intransitive) To complete a shift or a day's work.
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(Meteorol.) To condense (water vapor) and cause to fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet, etc.
plop (down)
To move lower
(Intransitive) To grow worse; to be impaired in quality; to degenerate.
To decline or become debased morally, culturally, etc.
humble oneself
To lower oneself
drop (related)
(Sports) To fall or roll into a basket or hole. Used of a ball.
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To bring to land.
To pull down
To bring into being; esp., to create (something original); invent
To move or walk:
To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
To release from a checked or inoperative position:
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To waste away or fail to develop
Retrograde is to move backwards, or to decline to a prior worse condition.
To make or become worse.
trace one's descent
go-to-pot
go-to-seed
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go-to-the-dogs
kin (related)
To have hereditary derivation
To come to an agreement, especially to resolve a lawsuit out of court.
To get to be; become
descent (related)
traverse (related)
descend-from (related)
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decend (related)
debouch (related)
set off (related)
clamber (related)
drift (related)
stagger (related)
move downward
To move lower
climb off
To move lower
climb-up (related)
To slide is defined as to smoothly move over a surface, or to shift down or decrease.
To move in response to the force of gravity.
flutter down
To move lower
With a heavy or abrupt drop:
better (related)
To a greater extent or degree:
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