Descend

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters

Definition of Descend

Verb

  1. Senses 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"

  2. 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"

  3. Of 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. To move (someone or something) from a higher to a lower place or position; to bring or send (someone or something) down.
  5. To 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."

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