Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of descend is as below...

Subside :: Subside (v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.

Sink :: Sink (v. i.) To fall by, or as by, the force of gravity; to descend lower and lower; to decline gradually; to subside; as, a stone sinks in water; waves rise and sink; the sun sinks in the west..

Levite :: Levite (n.) One of the tribe or family of Levi; a descendant of Levi; esp., one subordinate to the priests (who were of the same tribe) and employed in various duties connected with the tabernacle first, and afterward the temple, such as the care of the building, bringing of wood and other necessaries for the sacrifices, the music of the services, etc..

Israelite :: Israelite (n.) A descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew..

Line :: Line (n.) The course followed by anything in motion; hence, a road or route; as, the arrow descended in a curved line; the place is remote from lines of travel..

Down :: Down (adv.) From a higher to a lower position, literally or figuratively; in a descending direction; from the top of an ascent; from an upright position; to the ground or floor; to or into a lower or an inferior condition; as, into a state of humility, disgrace, misery, and the like; into a state of rest; -- used with verbs indicating motion..

Succeed :: Succeed (v. i.) To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve..

Water :: Water (n.) The fluid which descends from the clouds in rain, and which forms rivers, lakes, seas, etc..

Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence; -- with on or upon..

Ishmaelite :: Ishmaelite (n.) A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him..

Descended :: Descended (imp. & p. p.) of Descen.

Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; the mercury falls in the barometer..

Shemite :: Shemite (n.) A descendant of Shem.

Brachystochrone :: Brachystochrone (n.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid..

Poise :: Poise (v.) Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

Tudor :: Tudor (a.) Of or pertaining to a royal line of England, descended from Owen Tudor of Wales, who married the widowed queen of Henry V. The first reigning Tudor was Henry VII.; the last, Elizabeth..

Run :: Run (a.) To flow, as a liquid; to ascend or descend; to course; as, rivers run to the sea; sap runs up in the spring; her blood ran cold..

Hereditary :: Hereditary (a.) Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown..

Semitic :: Semitic (a.) Of or pertaining to Shem or his descendants; belonging to that division of the Caucasian race which includes the Arabs, Jews, and related races..

Canaanite :: Canaanite (n.) A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah..

Random Fonts

Most Popular