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descendsverbpresent tense third-person singular of descend to lead or extend downwardthe pathway descends to the river bank declines, dips, drops, falls, plunges, sinks angles, cants, cocks, heels, inclines, leans, lists, reclines, slants, slopes, tilts, tips arises, ascends, climbs, mounts, rises, uprises, upsweeps, upturns evens, flattens, levels, planes, smooths(also smoothes), straightens to become worse or of less valuethe order of the classroom descended into chaos when the teacher left the room atrophies, crumbles, decays, declines, degenerates, deteriorates, devolves, ebbs, regresses, retrogrades, rots, sinks, worsens abates, de-escalates, diminishes, downsizes, dwindles, recedes, wanesbreaks down, corrupts, decomposes, degrades, dilapidates, disintegrates, molders, putrefiessours, spoilslessens, lowers, reducesdebilitates, underminesdroops, fails, falls, flags, lags, languishes, runs down, sags, slips, wastes (away), weakens, wilts goes to pot, goes to seed(or runs to seed) ameliorates, improves, meliorates betters, upgradesenhances, enriches, fortifies, heightens, intensifies, strengthensadvances, develops, marches, proceeds, progresses to go to a lower level especially abruptlyleaves slowly descended from the branches in the gentle autumn wind wait for the elevator to descend crashes, craters, declines, dips, dives, drops, falls, lowers, nose-dives, plummets, plunges, sinks, skids, tumbles abates, decreases, de-escalates, dies (down), diminishes, droops, dwindles, ebbs, lessens, lets up, moderates, subsides, tapers off, wanesrecedes, retreats arises, ascends, lifts, mounts, rises, soars, spikes, ups accumulates, balloons, builds, burgeons(also bourgeons), enlarges, escalates, expands, grows, increases, intensifies, mushrooms, picks up, snowballs, swells, waxes to come down from something (as a vehicle)the driver descended from the truck's cab, dreading to see what he had hit |