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Definitions for Descending

[1] to go or pass from a higher to a lower place; move or come down: to descend from the mountaintop.
[2] to pass from higher to lower in any scale or series.
[3] to go from generals to particulars, as in a discussion.
[4] to slope, tend, or lead downward: The path descends to the pond.
[5] to be inherited or transmitted, as through succeeding generations of a family: The title descends through eldest sons.
[6] to have a specific person or family among one's ancestors (usually followed by from ): He is descended from Cromwell.
[7] to be derived from something remote in time, especially through continuous transmission: This festival descends from a druidic rite.
[8] to approach or pounce upon, especially in a greedy or hasty manner (followed by on or upon ): Thrill-seekers descended upon the scene of the crime.
[9] to settle, as a cloud or vapor.
[10] to appear or become manifest, as a supernatural being, state of mind, etc.: Jupiter descended to humankind.
[11] to attack, especially with violence and suddenness (usually followed by on or upon ): to descend upon enemy soldiers.
[12] to sink or come down from a certain intellectual, moral, or social standard: He would never descend to baseness.
[13] Astronomy . to move toward the horizon, as the sun or a star.
[14] to move downward upon or along; go or climb down (stairs, a hill, etc.).
[15] to extend or lead down along: The path descends the hill.
[16] (also tr) to move, pass, or go down (a hill, slope, staircase, etc)
[17] (of a hill, slope, or path) to lead or extend down; slope; incline
[18] to move to a lower level, pitch, etc; fall
[19] (often foll by from) to be connected by a blood relationship (to a dead or extinct individual, race, species, etc)
[20] to be passed on by parents or ancestors; be inherited
[21] to sink or come down in morals or behaviour; lower oneself
[22] (often foll by on or upon ) to arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming way their relatives descended upon them last week
[23] (of the sun, moon, etc) to move towards the horizon

Words related to Descending

descendplunge, crash, collapse, tumble, dive, subside, settle, cascade, slide, plummet, swoop, slip, penetrate, disembark, trickle, dip, stumble, sink, degenerate, deteriorate

Words nearby Descending

descenddescartes' law, descartes, rené, descemet's membrane, descemetitis, descemetocele, descend, descendant, descendent, descender, descendeur, descendible

Origin of Descending

1250–1300; Middle English descenden < Old French descendre < Latin dēscendere, equivalent to dē- de- + -scendere, combining form of scandere to climb; cf. scansion

Other words from Descending

de·scend·ing·ly , adverb
pre·de·scend , verb
re·de·scend , verb
un·de·scend·ed , adjective
un·de·scend·ing , adjective

Word origin for Descending

C13: from Old French descendre, from Latin dēscendere, from de- + scandere to climb; see scan

Synonyms for Descending

downward, declining, down, sinking, descendent