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UK
/dɪsˈɛnd/
]
[ US /dɪˈsɛnd/ ]
[ US /dɪˈsɛnd/ ]
VERB
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come as if by falling
Night fell
Silence fell - do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
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move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
The curtain fell on the diva
Her hand went up and then fell again
The temperature is going down
The barometer is falling -
come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
he comes from humble origins
She was descended from an old Italian noble family
How To Use descend In A Sentence
- The aircraft descended into a wetland area and had since been forgotten about as it sank below the surface. Times, Sunday Times
- The snow relented and we were back to a rocky descending path.
- The investigation revealed that it was likely that the airplane gradually accumulated a thin, rough glaze/mixed ice coverage on the leading edge deicing boot surfaces, possibly with ice ridge formation on the leading edge upper surface, as the airplane descended from 7000 feet mean sea level (msl) to 4000 feet msl in icing conditions, which may have been imperceptible to the pilots. WN.com - Business News
- It is an Extended Family Tree - showing all the collateral branches of a family, i.e. all the descendants.
- The Chin language descended from Tibeto-Burman language domain.
- Hesher (Director: Spencer Susser; Screenwriters: Spencer Susser and David Michod; Story by Brian Charles Frank) — A mysterious, anarchical trickster descends on the lives of a family struggling to deal with a painful loss. Sundance 2010 Competition Lineup Arrives, And Here Are Some Highlights » MTV Movies Blog
- CANON LXXXI: We have said that a Bishop, or a Presbyter must not descend himself into public offices, but must attend to ecclesiastical needs.
- Look, if you want a descending obligato, do it in the privacy of your own home away from us normal people.
- What links the eyes of these three coffins, beside the fact that all are painted, is that the inner canthus--the corner of the eye near the nose--descends abruptly and abuts the upper lid, giving them an East Asian appearance. Archive 2008-03-01
- The ‘hammer’ and ‘anvil’ bones of the mammalian ear are descendants of these nubbins.