All 5 Uses of
descend
in
Brave New World
- They descended into a thickening twilight.
p. 11..1 (definition 1)descended = moved downward
- As they flew over the crematorium, the plane shot upwards on the column of hot air rising from the chimneys, only to fall as suddenly when it passed into the descending chill beyond.
p. 75..2 (definition 1) *descending = moving downward
- Very slowly, "Oh, Ford, Ford, Ford," it said diminishingly and on a descending scale.
p. 83..1 (definition 2) *descending = moving downward in lowness of pitch
- Like locusts they came, hung poised, descended all around him on the heather.
p. 255..1 (definition 1)descended = came down
- This time it was on his shoulders that the whip descended.
p. 258..4 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (descend as in: descend the mountain) move or slope downward
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(2) (descend as in: in descending order) move down a scale -- as from larger numbers to smaller, or higher notes to lower