"descend" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈsɛnd/ Audio: en-us-descend.ogg [US] Forms: descends [present, singular, third-person], descending [participle, present], descended [participle, past], descended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From Middle English decenden, borrowed from Old French descendre, from Latin descendō, past participle descensus (“to come down, go down, fall, sink”), from de- (“down”) + scandō (“to climb”). See scan, scandent. Compare ascend, condescend, transcend. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|decenden}} Middle English decenden, {{der|en|fro|descendre}} Old French descendre, {{der|en|la|descendō}} Latin descendō, {{m|la|descensus||to come down, go down, fall, sink}} descensus (“to come down, go down, fall, sink”), {{m|la|de-||down}} de- (“down”), {{m|la|scandō||to climb}} scandō (“to climb”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} descend (third-person singular simple present descends, present participle descending, simple past and past participle descended)
  1. (intransitive) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc. Tags: intransitive Translations (to pass from a higher to a lower place): afgaan (Afrikaans), καταβαίνω (katabaínō) (Ancient Greek), ⁧نَزَلَ⁩ (nazala) (Arabic), ⁧نزل⁩ (nizil) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), ⁧نزل⁩ (nzal) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), ⁧هبط⁩ (hbaṭ) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), իջնել (iǰnel) (Armenian), dipun (Aromanian), versu (Aromanian), enmək (Azerbaijani), çökmək (Azerbaijani), tuun (Balinese), төшөү (töşöw) (Bashkir), спуска́цца (spuskácca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), спусці́цца (spuscícca) [perfective] (Belarusian), слизам (slizam) (Bulgarian), спускам се (spuskam se) (Bulgarian), ဆင်း (hcang:) (Burmese), descendir (Catalan), akkowa (Chickasaw), (jiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 下降 (xiàjiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), (xià) (Chinese Mandarin), sestoupit (Czech), afdalen (Dutch), neerdalen (Dutch), h-A-D54 (hꜣj) (Egyptian), profundiĝi (Esperanto), laskuma (Estonian), langema (Estonian), alanduma (Estonian), madalduma (Estonian), laskeutua (Finnish), descendre (French), dismontâ (Friulian), absteigen (German), niedergehen (German), herunterkommen (German), herabsteigen (German), κατεβαίνω (katevaíno) (Greek), ⁧יָרַד⁩ (yarád) (Hebrew), उतरना (utarnā) (Hindi), lemegy (Hungarian), decensar (Ido), turun (Indonesian), ísligh (Irish), scendere (Italian), discendere (Italian), 降りる (oriru) (alt: おりる) (Japanese), 降下する (kōkasuru) (alt: こうかする) (Japanese), mudhun (Javanese), ចុះ (coh) (Khmer), kita (Kituba), kukita (Kituba), 내리다 (naerida) (Korean), 내려오다 (naeryeooda) (english: come down) (Korean), 내려가다 (naeryeogada) (english: go down) (Korean), ລົງ (long) (Lao), descendō (Latin), kita (Lingala), andà giò (Lombard), turun (Malay), niżel (Maltese), ushuka (Maore Comorian), marere (Maori), makere (Maori), d'scendre (Norman), davalar (Occitan), descénder (Occitan), descendre (Occitan), bu'uu (Oromo), schodzić [imperfective] (Polish), zejść [perfective] (Polish), zniżać się [imperfective] (Polish), zniżyć się [perfective] (Polish), descer (Portuguese), descender (Portuguese), baixar (Portuguese), bahay (Quechua), uray (Quechua), coborî (Romanian), спуска́ться (spuskátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), спусти́ться (spustítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), сходи́ть (sxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сойти́ (sojtí) [perfective] (Russian), sȋći [perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), sìlaziti [imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), spùstiti se [perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), spúštati se [imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), dirra (Sidamo), descender (Spanish), bajar (Spanish), kushuka (Swahili), bumaba (Tagalog), இறங்கு (iṟaṅku) (Tamil), tun (Tetum), ลง (long) (Thai), kārp- (Tocharian B), alçalmak (Turkish), inmek (Turkish), 𐎊𐎗𐎄 (yrd) (Ugaritic), спуска́тися (spuskátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), спусти́тися (spustýtysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian), xuống (Vietnamese), dischinde (Walloon), adschinde (Walloon), disgyn (Welsh), ԝесак (Yagnobi), ⁧אַראָפּגיין⁩ (aropgeyn) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-descend-en-verb-hHX1BL17 Disambiguation of 'to pass from a higher to a lower place': 42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15
  2. (intransitive, poetic) To enter mentally; to retire. Tags: intransitive, poetic Translations (poetic: to enter mentally; to retire): vajota (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-descend-en-verb-Xjq-iX9H Disambiguation of 'poetic: to enter mentally; to retire': 6 68 3 3 1 4 1 3 3 2 6
  3. (intransitive, with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence. Tags: intransitive Translations (to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground): налитам (nalitam) (Bulgarian), нахвърлям се (nahvǎrljam se) (Bulgarian), laskeutua (Finnish), обру́шиваться (obrúšivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), обру́шиться (obrúšitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), напада́ть (napadátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), напа́сть (napástʹ) [perfective] (Russian), saldırmak (Turkish), üşüşmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-descend-en-verb-5Q1jYgKM Disambiguation of 'to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground': 6 2 69 2 3 5 3 1 1 4 4
  4. (intransitive) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself Tags: intransitive Translations (to come down to a lower state or station; to lower oneself): снижавам се (snižavam se) (Bulgarian), laskeutua (Finnish), alentua (Finnish), ísligh (Irish)
    Sense id: en-descend-en-verb-CUsAs9dV Disambiguation of 'to come down to a lower state or station; to lower oneself': 11 0 7 40 1 31 1 0 2 3 4
  5. (intransitive) To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered. Tags: intransitive Translations (to pass from the more general or important to the particular): mennä yksityiskohtiin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-descend-en-verb-cXOg3Tlc Disambiguation of 'to pass from the more general or important to the particular': 13 1 4 2 42 6 5 1 1 12 13
  6. (intransitive) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock Tags: intransitive Translations (to come down as from source or original): произлизам (proizlizam) (Bulgarian), предавам се по наследство (predavam se po nasledstvo) (Bulgarian), afstammen (Dutch), periytyä (Finnish), polveutua (Finnish), ísligh (Irish), descinde (Romanian), proveni (Romanian), происходи́ть (proisxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), произойти́ (proizojtí) [perfective] (Russian), pòtjecati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), descender (Spanish), soyundan gelmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-descend-en-verb--gH3iutD Disambiguation of 'to come down as from source or original': 12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4
  7. To be derived (from)
    Sense id: en-descend-en-verb-bsXPM00w
  8. To proceed by generation or by transmission; to happen by inheritance. Translations (proceed by generation or by transmission): abstammen (German), síolaigh (Irish)
    Sense id: en-descend-en-verb-Xb8KAgq9 Disambiguation of 'proceed by generation or by transmission': 4 3 1 1 1 3 1 78 2 1 5
  9. (intransitive, astronomy) To move toward the south, or to the southward. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Astronomy Translations (astronomy: to move southward): laskeutua (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-descend-en-verb-6nUKZKQY Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'astronomy: to move southward': 15 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 60 2 7
  10. (intransitive, music) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: to fall in pitch): laskea (Finnish), laskeutua (Finnish), pudota (Finnish), alentua (Finnish), descendre (French)
    Sense id: en-descend-en-verb-jON1CBBy Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: to fall in pitch': 4 1 1 5 1 8 2 1 1 73 3
  11. (transitive) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of Tags: transitive Translations (to go down upon or along): laskeutua (Finnish), laskea (english: to descend a river) (Finnish), descendre (French), descender (Spanish), inmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-descend-en-verb-rq9o7Tvw Disambiguation of 'to go down upon or along': 20 2 1 3 1 6 1 2 2 2 60
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: go down Derived forms: descend on, descend upon, descender Related terms: descent

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2002, John Griesemer, No One Thinks of Greenland: A Novel",
          "text": "Rudy felt a gust of fear rise in his chest, and he looked again in the mirror, but the hangar and stable were now beyond the rise, out of sight, he was descending so fast.",
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        "(intransitive) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc."
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          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "afgaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "nazala",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "⁧نَزَلَ⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "nizil",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "⁧نزل⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ary",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "nzal",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "⁧نزل⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ary",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "hbaṭ",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "Moroccan-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "⁧هبط⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "iǰnel",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "իջնել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "dipun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "versu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "enmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "çökmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ban",
          "lang": "Balinese",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "tuun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "töşöw",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "төшөү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "spuskácca",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "спуска́цца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "spuscícca",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "спусці́цца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "slizam",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "слизам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spuskam se",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "спускам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hcang:",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "ဆင်း"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "descendir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "cic",
          "lang": "Chickasaw",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "akkowa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiàng",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "降"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiàjiàng",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "下降"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xià",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "下"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "sestoupit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "afdalen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "neerdalen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "egy",
          "lang": "Egyptian",
          "roman": "hꜣj",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "h-A-D54"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "profundiĝi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "laskuma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "langema"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "alanduma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "madalduma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "laskeutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "descendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "dismontâ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "absteigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "niedergehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "herunterkommen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "herabsteigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "katevaíno",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "κατεβαίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "katabaínō",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "καταβαίνω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "yarád",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "⁧יָרַד⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "utarnā",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "उतरना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "lemegy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "decensar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "turun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "ísligh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "scendere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "discendere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "alt": "おりる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "oriru",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "降りる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "alt": "こうかする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōkasuru",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "降下する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "mudhun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "coh",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "ចុះ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ktu",
          "lang": "Kituba",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "kita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ktu",
          "lang": "Kituba",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "kukita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "naerida",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "내리다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ko",
          "english": "come down",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "naeryeooda",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "내려오다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ko",
          "english": "go down",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "naeryeogada",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "내려가다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "long",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "ລົງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "descendō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ln",
          "lang": "Lingala",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "kita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "lmo",
          "lang": "Lombard",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "andà giò"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "turun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "niżel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "swb",
          "lang": "Maore Comorian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "ushuka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "marere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "makere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "d'scendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "davalar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "descénder"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "descendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "om",
          "lang": "Oromo",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "bu'uu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "schodzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zejść"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "zniżać się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "zniżyć się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "descer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "descender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "baixar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "bahay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "uray"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "coborî"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spuskátʹsja",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "спуска́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spustítʹsja",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "спусти́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sxodítʹ",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сходи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sojtí",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сойти́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sȋći"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "sìlaziti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "spùstiti se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "spúštati se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "sid",
          "lang": "Sidamo",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "dirra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "descender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "bajar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "kushuka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "bumaba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "iṟaṅku",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "இறங்கு"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "tet",
          "lang": "Tetum",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "tun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "long",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "ลง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "kārp-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "alçalmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "inmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "yrd",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "𐎊𐎗𐎄"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "spuskátysja",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "спуска́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "spustýtysja",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "спусти́тися"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "xuống"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "dischinde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "wa",
          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "adschinde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "disgyn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "yai",
          "lang": "Yagnobi",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "ԝесак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "42 1 3 5 8 5 3 1 1 15 15",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "aropgeyn",
          "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
          "word": "⁧אַראָפּגיין⁩"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter mentally; to retire."
      ],
      "id": "en-descend-en-verb-Xjq-iX9H",
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, poetic) To enter mentally; to retire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "poetic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 68 3 3 1 4 1 3 3 2 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "poetic: to enter mentally; to retire",
          "word": "vajota"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Deltrice Alfred Grossmith, Arctic Warriors: A Personal Account of Convoy PQ18",
          "text": "more aircraft descending on us than had done during previous visits from the snoopers in their usual ones and twos.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "1726, Alexander Pope, Odyssey:",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "And on the suitors let thy wrath descend."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence."
      ],
      "id": "en-descend-en-verb-5Q1jYgKM",
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "upon",
          "upon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "with on or upon",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 69 2 3 5 3 1 1 4 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nalitam",
          "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
          "word": "налитам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 69 2 3 5 3 1 1 4 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nahvǎrljam se",
          "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
          "word": "нахвърлям се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 69 2 3 5 3 1 1 4 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
          "word": "laskeutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 69 2 3 5 3 1 1 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obrúšivatʹsja",
          "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обру́шиваться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 69 2 3 5 3 1 1 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obrúšitʹsja",
          "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "обру́шиться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 69 2 3 5 3 1 1 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "napadátʹ",
          "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "напада́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 69 2 3 5 3 1 1 4 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "napástʹ",
          "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "напа́сть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 69 2 3 5 3 1 1 4 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
          "word": "saldırmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 2 69 2 3 5 3 1 1 4 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
          "word": "üşüşmek"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He descended from his high estate.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "August 25, 1759, Samuel Johnson, The Idler No. 71",
          "text": "He […] began to descend to familiar questions, endeavouring to accommodate his discourse to the grossness of rustic understandings."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself"
      ],
      "id": "en-descend-en-verb-CUsAs9dV",
      "links": [
        [
          "abase",
          "abase"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "11 0 7 40 1 31 1 0 2 3 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "snižavam se",
          "sense": "to come down to a lower state or station; to lower oneself",
          "word": "снижавам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 0 7 40 1 31 1 0 2 3 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to come down to a lower state or station; to lower oneself",
          "word": "laskeutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 0 7 40 1 31 1 0 2 3 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to come down to a lower state or station; to lower oneself",
          "word": "alentua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "11 0 7 40 1 31 1 0 2 3 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to come down to a lower state or station; to lower oneself",
          "word": "ísligh"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered."
      ],
      "id": "en-descend-en-verb-cXOg3Tlc",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "13 1 4 2 42 6 5 1 1 12 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to pass from the more general or important to the particular",
          "word": "mennä yksityiskohtiin"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To come down, as from a source, original, or stock"
      ],
      "id": "en-descend-en-verb--gH3iutD",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "proizlizam",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "word": "произлизам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predavam se po nasledstvo",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "word": "предавам се по наследство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "word": "afstammen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "word": "periytyä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "word": "polveutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "word": "ísligh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "word": "descinde"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "word": "proveni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "proisxodítʹ",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "происходи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "proizojtí",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "произойти́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "pòtjecati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "word": "descender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "12 1 9 23 2 40 2 1 2 3 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
          "word": "soyundan gelmek"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To be derived (from)"
      ],
      "id": "en-descend-en-verb-bsXPM00w"
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 217",
          "text": "The possession of the sacred fire and of the ancestral sticks, carrying with it both political authority and priestly dignity, descends in the male line.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "The beggar may descend from a prince.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "A crown descends to the heir.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To proceed by generation or by transmission; to happen by inheritance."
      ],
      "id": "en-descend-en-verb-Xb8KAgq9",
      "links": [
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 1 3 1 78 2 1 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "proceed by generation or by transmission",
          "word": "abstammen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 3 1 1 1 3 1 78 2 1 5",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "proceed by generation or by transmission",
          "word": "síolaigh"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Astronomy",
          "orig": "en:Astronomy",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "Space",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move toward the south, or to the southward."
      ],
      "id": "en-descend-en-verb-6nUKZKQY",
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, astronomy) To move toward the south, or to the southward."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "15 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 60 2 7",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "astronomy: to move southward",
          "word": "laskeutua"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone."
      ],
      "id": "en-descend-en-verb-jON1CBBy",
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, music) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 1 5 1 8 2 1 1 73 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "music: to fall in pitch",
          "word": "laskea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 1 5 1 8 2 1 1 73 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "music: to fall in pitch",
          "word": "laskeutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 1 5 1 8 2 1 1 73 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "music: to fall in pitch",
          "word": "pudota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 1 5 1 8 2 1 1 73 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "music: to fall in pitch",
          "word": "alentua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 1 5 1 8 2 1 1 73 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "music: to fall in pitch",
          "word": "descendre"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of"
      ],
      "id": "en-descend-en-verb-rq9o7Tvw",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "20 2 1 3 1 6 1 2 2 2 60",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to go down upon or along",
          "word": "laskeutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 2 1 3 1 6 1 2 2 2 60",
          "code": "fi",
          "english": "to descend a river",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to go down upon or along",
          "word": "laskea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 2 1 3 1 6 1 2 2 2 60",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to go down upon or along",
          "word": "descendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 2 1 3 1 6 1 2 2 2 60",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to go down upon or along",
          "word": "descender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "20 2 1 3 1 6 1 2 2 2 60",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to go down upon or along",
          "word": "inmek"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈsɛnd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnd"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-descend.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-descend.ogg/En-us-descend.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-descend.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "go down"
    }
  ],
  "word": "descend"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ascend"
    },
    {
      "word": "go up"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "descend on"
    },
    {
      "word": "descend upon"
    },
    {
      "word": "descender"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "decenden"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English decenden",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "descendre"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French descendre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "descendō"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin descendō",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "descensus",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to come down, go down, fall, sink"
      },
      "expansion": "descensus (“to come down, go down, fall, sink”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "de-",
        "3": "",
        "4": "down"
      },
      "expansion": "de- (“down”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "scandō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to climb"
      },
      "expansion": "scandō (“to climb”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English decenden, borrowed from Old French descendre, from Latin descendō, past participle descensus (“to come down, go down, fall, sink”), from de- (“down”) + scandō (“to climb”). See scan, scandent. Compare ascend, condescend, transcend.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "descends",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descending",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descended",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "descended",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "descend (third-person singular simple present descends, present participle descending, simple past and past participle descended)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "descent"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2002, John Griesemer, No One Thinks of Greenland: A Novel",
          "text": "Rudy felt a gust of fear rise in his chest, and he looked again in the mirror, but the hangar and stable were now beyond the rise, out of sight, he was descending so fast.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "downwards",
          "downwards"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English poetic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enter mentally; to retire."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, poetic) To enter mentally; to retire."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013, Deltrice Alfred Grossmith, Arctic Warriors: A Personal Account of Convoy PQ18",
          "text": "more aircraft descending on us than had done during previous visits from the snoopers in their usual ones and twos.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "1726, Alexander Pope, Odyssey:",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "And on the suitors let thy wrath descend."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on",
          "on#English"
        ],
        [
          "upon",
          "upon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "with on or upon",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He descended from his high estate.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "August 25, 1759, Samuel Johnson, The Idler No. 71",
          "text": "He […] began to descend to familiar questions, endeavouring to accommodate his discourse to the grossness of rustic understandings."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "abase",
          "abase"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To come down, as from a source, original, or stock"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To come down, as from a source, original, or stock"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To be derived (from)"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 217",
          "text": "The possession of the sacred fire and of the ancestral sticks, carrying with it both political authority and priestly dignity, descends in the male line.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "The beggar may descend from a prince.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "A crown descends to the heir.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To proceed by generation or by transmission; to happen by inheritance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "generation",
          "generation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Astronomy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move toward the south, or to the southward."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "astronomy",
          "astronomy"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, astronomy) To move toward the south, or to the southward."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "astronomy",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Music"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, music) To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈsɛnd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnd"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-descend.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e0/En-us-descend.ogg/En-us-descend.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/En-us-descend.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "go down"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "afgaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nazala",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "⁧نَزَلَ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nizil",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "⁧نزل⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "nzal",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "⁧نزل⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "hbaṭ",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "⁧هبط⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "iǰnel",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "իջնել"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "dipun"
    },
    {
      "code": "rup",
      "lang": "Aromanian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "versu"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "enmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "çökmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "ban",
      "lang": "Balinese",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "tuun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "töşöw",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "төшөү"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "spuskácca",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спуска́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "spuscícca",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "спусці́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slizam",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "слизам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spuskam se",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "спускам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hcang:",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "ဆင်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "descendir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cic",
      "lang": "Chickasaw",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "akkowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàng",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "降"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàjiàng",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "下降"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xià",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "下"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "sestoupit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "afdalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "neerdalen"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "hꜣj",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "h-A-D54"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "profundiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "laskuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "langema"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "alanduma"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "madalduma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "laskeutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "descendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "dismontâ"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "absteigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "niedergehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "herunterkommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "herabsteigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "katevaíno",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "κατεβαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "katabaínō",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "καταβαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yarád",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "⁧יָרַד⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "utarnā",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "उतरना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "lemegy"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "decensar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "turun"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "ísligh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "scendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "discendere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おりる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "oriru",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "降りる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうかする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōkasuru",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "降下する"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "mudhun"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "coh",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "ចុះ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ktu",
      "lang": "Kituba",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "kita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ktu",
      "lang": "Kituba",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "kukita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "naerida",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "내리다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "come down",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "naeryeooda",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "내려오다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "english": "go down",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "naeryeogada",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "내려가다"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "long",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "ລົງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "descendō"
    },
    {
      "code": "ln",
      "lang": "Lingala",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "kita"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "andà giò"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "turun"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "niżel"
    },
    {
      "code": "swb",
      "lang": "Maore Comorian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "ushuka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "marere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "makere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "d'scendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "davalar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "descénder"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "descendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "bu'uu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "schodzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zejść"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zniżać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zniżyć się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "descer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "descender"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "baixar"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "bahay"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "uray"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "coborî"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spuskátʹsja",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спуска́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spustítʹsja",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "спусти́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sxodítʹ",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сходи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sojtí",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сойти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sȋći"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "sìlaziti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "spùstiti se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "spúštati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sid",
      "lang": "Sidamo",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "dirra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "descender"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "bajar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "kushuka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "bumaba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "iṟaṅku",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "இறங்கு"
    },
    {
      "code": "tet",
      "lang": "Tetum",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "tun"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "long",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "ลง"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "kārp-"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "alçalmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "inmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "yrd",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "𐎊𐎗𐎄"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spuskátysja",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "спуска́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spustýtysja",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "спусти́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "xuống"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "dischinde"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "adschinde"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "disgyn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yai",
      "lang": "Yagnobi",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "ԝесак"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "aropgeyn",
      "sense": "to pass from a higher to a lower place",
      "word": "⁧אַראָפּגיין⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "poetic: to enter mentally; to retire",
      "word": "vajota"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nalitam",
      "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
      "word": "налитам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nahvǎrljam se",
      "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
      "word": "нахвърлям се"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
      "word": "laskeutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrúšivatʹsja",
      "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обру́шиваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrúšitʹsja",
      "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обру́шиться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "napadátʹ",
      "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "напада́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "napástʹ",
      "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "напа́сть"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
      "word": "saldırmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground",
      "word": "üşüşmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "snižavam se",
      "sense": "to come down to a lower state or station; to lower oneself",
      "word": "снижавам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to come down to a lower state or station; to lower oneself",
      "word": "laskeutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to come down to a lower state or station; to lower oneself",
      "word": "alentua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to come down to a lower state or station; to lower oneself",
      "word": "ísligh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to pass from the more general or important to the particular",
      "word": "mennä yksityiskohtiin"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "proizlizam",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "word": "произлизам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predavam se po nasledstvo",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "word": "предавам се по наследство"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "word": "afstammen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "word": "periytyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "word": "polveutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "word": "ísligh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "word": "descinde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "word": "proveni"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proisxodítʹ",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "происходи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "proizojtí",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "произойти́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "pòtjecati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "word": "descender"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to come down as from source or original",
      "word": "soyundan gelmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "proceed by generation or by transmission",
      "word": "abstammen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "proceed by generation or by transmission",
      "word": "síolaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "astronomy: to move southward",
      "word": "laskeutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: to fall in pitch",
      "word": "laskea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: to fall in pitch",
      "word": "laskeutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: to fall in pitch",
      "word": "pudota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: to fall in pitch",
      "word": "alentua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "music: to fall in pitch",
      "word": "descendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to go down upon or along",
      "word": "laskeutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "to descend a river",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to go down upon or along",
      "word": "laskea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to go down upon or along",
      "word": "descendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to go down upon or along",
      "word": "descender"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to go down upon or along",
      "word": "inmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "descend"
}

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