All 4 Uses
descend
in
As I Lay Dying
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- They descend the hill in a series of spine-jolting jumps,
Chpt 3 *descend = move down
- Pa stops in the middle of the road and we watch Dewey Dell descend, carrying the package.†
Chpt 52
- She descends steadily, not looking at us.†
Chpt 52
- We descend as the hill commences to rise.†
Chpt 52
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
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(3)
(descend as in: descend from royalty) figuratively, to have come down a path from the past; i.e., to originate or come from -- such as in reference to ancestors or evolutionary origins
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(4)
(descend as in: descend into poverty) figuratively, to move downward to a worse or less prestigious situation
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(5)
(descend as in: descend into deeper thought) to move from a higher level of abstraction downward to a lower one (from more general to more specific); or to move from superficial to deeper thought
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(6)
(descend as in: thieves descended upon us) to come or arrive -- especially suddenly or from above or as an attack
- (7) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)