"scend" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scends [plural]
Etymology: A corruption of send, influenced by ascend. Etymology templates: {{m|en|send}} send, {{m|en|ascend}} ascend Head templates: {{en-noun}} scend (plural scends)
  1. The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement.
    Sense id: en-scend-en-noun-UnqKXXgI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38

Verb

Forms: scends [present, singular, third-person], scending [participle, present], scended [participle, past], scended [past]
Etymology: A corruption of send, influenced by ascend. Etymology templates: {{m|en|send}} send, {{m|en|ascend}} ascend Head templates: {{en-verb}} scend (third-person singular simple present scends, present participle scending, simple past and past participle scended)
  1. (intransitive) To heave upward. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-scend-en-verb-wjMXBqMY

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for scend meaning in English (1.8kB)

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