Definitions
1.VerbSenses relating to moving from a higher to a lower position.
To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon."they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder; The noble prince descended to one knee to ask for the princess’s hand in marriage.; They took the steep path that descends the hill down to the beach.; Cryptorchidism is the failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.; The meeting descended into chaos.; My neighbour descended upon me just as I was walking out the door.; He descended from his high estate."
2.VerbTo pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon."they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder; The noble prince descended to one knee to ask for the princess’s hand in marriage."
3.VerbOf a flight of stairs, a road, etc.: to lead down (a hill, a slope, etc.)."They took the steep path that descends the hill down to the beach."
4.VerbTo move (someone or something) from a higher to a lower place or position; to bring or send (someone or something) down.
5.VerbTo physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink."Cryptorchidism is the failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum."
6.VerbOf a zodiac sign: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, of a planet: to move to a place where it has less astrological significance.
7.VerbOf a celestial body: to move away from the zenith towards the horizon; to sink; also, to move towards the south.
8.VerbOf a body part: to move downwards, especially during development of the embryo; specifically, of the testes of a mammal: to move downwards from the abdominal cavity into the scrotum."Cryptorchidism is the failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum."
9.VerbOf a liquid substance: to distil out from another substance and gather at the bottom of a container; also, to distil a substance to obtain another liquid substance in this manner.
10.VerbTo slope or stretch downwards.
11.VerbTo alight from a carriage, a horse, etc.; also, to disembark from a vessel; to land.
12.VerbTo come or go down, or reduce, in intensity or some other quality.
Of a physical thing (such as a cloud or storm) or a (generally negative) immaterial thing (such as darkness, gloom, or silence): to settle upon and start to affect a person or place.
In speech or writing: to proceed from one matter to another; especially, to pass from more general or important to specific or less important matters to be considered.
Chiefly followed by into or to: of a situation: to become worse; to decline, to deteriorate."The meeting descended into chaos.; My neighbour descended upon me just as I was walking out the door.; He descended from his high estate."
13.VerbTo come or go down, or reduce, in intensity or some other quality.
14.VerbOf a physical thing (such as a cloud or storm) or a (generally negative) immaterial thing (such as darkness, gloom, or silence): to settle upon and start to affect a person or place.
15.VerbIn speech or writing: to proceed from one matter to another; especially, to pass from more general or important to specific or less important matters to be considered.
16.VerbChiefly followed by into or to: of a situation: to become worse; to decline, to deteriorate."The meeting descended into chaos."
17.VerbChiefly followed by on or upon: to make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
18.VerbChiefly followed by on or upon: to arrive suddenly or unexpectedly, especially in a manner that causes disruption or inconvenience."My neighbour descended upon me just as I was walking out the door."
19.VerbTo come down to a humbler or less fortunate, or a worse or less virtuous, rank or state; to abase or lower oneself; to condescend or stoop to something."He descended from his high estate."
20.VerbChiefly in the form descend into (or within) oneself: to mentally enter a state of (deep) meditation or thought; to retire.
21.VerbOf a sequence or series: to proceed from higher to lower values.
22.VerbTo pass from a higher to a lower note or tone; to fall in pitch.
23.VerbSenses relating to passing down from a source to another thing.
To trace (a lineage) from earlier to later generations.
Of a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child.
Chiefly followed by from or (obsolete) of: to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source; to originate, to stem."The beggar may descend from a prince.; The crown descends to the heir of the previous monarch."
24.VerbTo trace (a lineage) from earlier to later generations.
25.VerbOf a characteristic: to be transmitted from a parent to a child.
26.VerbChiefly followed by from or (obsolete) of: to come down or derive from an ancestor or ancestral stock, or a source; to originate, to stem."The beggar may descend from a prince."
27.VerbOf property, a right, etc.: to pass down to a generation, a person, etc., by inheritance."The crown descends to the heir of the previous monarch."
28.NounSynonym of descent (“instance of descending; sloping incline or passage; way down; decline, etc.”).