Overview of verb descend

The verb descend has 4 senses

• descend, fall, go down, come down -- (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")


• derive, come, 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")


• condescend, deign, descend -- (do something that one considers to be below one's dignity)


• fall, descend, settle -- (come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell")

Overview of adj descending

The adj descending has 1 sense

• descending -- (coming down or downward)