descend: význam a definície

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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