2 entries found for descend.
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Function: verb
Text: 1 to lead or extend downward <the pathway descends to the river bank>
Synonyms decline, dip, drop, fall, plunge
Related Words cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip
Near Antonyms even, flatten, level, straighten
Antonyms ascend, climb, rise
2 to become worse or of less value <the family's economic fortunes descended to the point where they were finally homeless> -- see DETERIORATE
3 to go to a lower level <leaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind> -- see DROP 2