All 5 Uses of
descend
in
The Hunger Games
- I wait, hopefully, for a parachute to descend from the sky.
p. 168.2descend = come down
- It would be hard to miss the wall of fire descending on me.
p. 171.9descending = moving down
- I think of concealed pits, descending nets, a thread that when broken sends a poisonous dart into your heart.
p. 216.4 *descending = falling
- I make sure to fully prepare myself for the day — eating a big breakfast, securing my pack, readying my weapons — before I descend.
p. 249.4descend = go down
- I have about five minutes to eat a bowl of hot grain and stew before the prep team descends.
p. 366.1descends = goes down
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