descend
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
The temperature is going down
Types & categories
- move hypernym
- prolapse hyponym
- rappel hyponym
- dismount hyponym
- avalanche hyponym
- dive hyponym
- go under hyponym
- slump hyponym
- precipitate hyponym
- subside hyponym
- crash hyponym
- flop hyponym
- tumble hyponym
- drop hyponym
- plop hyponym
- pitch hyponym
- climb down hyponym
- go under hyponym
- swoop hyponym
- drip hyponym
- cascade hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
She was descended from an old Italian noble family
Related & opposite
- ancestry derivation
- ancestry derivation
- derivation derivation
- descendant derivation
- filiation derivation
- derivative derivation
- derive verb group
- hail verb group
Sense 3 verb
do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Sense 4 verb
come as if by falling
Night fell
Types & categories
- come hypernym
Related & opposite
- fall verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | collapse |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | rise |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | ascend |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | descent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fall |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | descendant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | prolapse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rappel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dismount |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | avalanche |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dive |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | go under |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slump |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | precipitate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subside |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crash |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | flop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tumble |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | pitch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | climb down |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | go under |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | swoop |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | drip |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cascade |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ancestry |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ancestry |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | derivation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | descendant |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | filiation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | derivative |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | derive |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | hail |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | fall |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | come |