descended
Moved to lower
Descended is the past tense of descend, meaning to move downward or come from an ancestor.
A plane descended through clouds; a staircase descended into darkness.
To be descended from someone is to have them as an ancestor: She's descended from Irish immigrants.
The word often carries a sense of moving from higher to lower—in space, status, or dignity: The conversation descended into chaos.
Let fall downward
- fellTo chop down
- loweredMoved downward or reduced
- sankWent down, as ships
- plungedDropped suddenly and steeply
dipped · swooped · dove · tumbled · plummeted · slid · settled · subsided
Descent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
heritage · pedigree · clan · dynasty · family · tribe · kinfolk · roots
Went to see someone
- appearedBecame visible or present
- convergedCame to same point
- showed upArrived at location
- dropped inArrived without prior arrangement
came down · invaded · swarmed · landed · gathered · assembled · alighted · graced
Descended using rope friction
- abseiledDescended using rope
- fixed lineWired telephone connection
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
- pitchFrequency of sound
multipitch · scrambled · chimneyed · traversed · switchbacked · summited · crux · overhang
dropped
Let fall downward
plunged · dipped · swooped · dove · tumbled · plummeted · slid · settled · subsided · stooped
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
progenitors · heritage · pedigree · clan · dynasty · family · tribe · kinfolk · roots · forefathers
visited
Went to see someone
dropped in · came down · invaded · swarmed · landed · gathered · assembled · alighted · graced
rappelled
Descended using rope friction
- abseiledDescended using rope
- fixed lineWired telephone connection
- anchorSecures ships to seabed
pitch · multipitch · scrambled · chimneyed · traversed · switchbacked · summited · crux · overhang
- movement verbsgo, walk, run, move, walked
- went downfell, dropped, plunged, tumbled, plummeted
- creedsNicene Creed, Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed, creed, credo
descendedbegat
Fathered, in old usage
sired · gave rise to · fathered · mothered · originated
- descend onArrive suddenly, often overwhelmingly
- direct descendantAncestor's biological successor
- descend uponArrive suddenly, often overwhelmingly
- descending orderArrangement from greatest downward
- descending colonBowel segment traveling downward
- slave descendantsPeople whose ancestors were enslaved
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