descends
Moves to lower
Descends is the third-person singular of descend—to move downward.
A plane descends toward the runway.
Stairs descend to a basement.
The word extends to lineage: She descends from Italian immigrants.
To descend into something is to sink gradually into a worse state: The meeting descended into chaos.
To descend on a place is to arrive there in numbers: Tourists descend on the beach every summer.
Descends or releases
- fallsDescends or declines
- plungesDrops abruptly downward
- sinksDrops or wash basins
- lowersDecreases or brings down
dips · plummets · dives · tumbles · slopes · cascades · glides · spirals
Family line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- genealogyStudy of family descent
pedigree · forebears · ancestors · progenitors · offspring · heir · dynasty · clan
drops
Descends or releases
lowers · dips · plummets · dives · tumbles · slopes · cascades · glides · spirals · swoops
ancestry
Family line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
genealogy · pedigree · forebears · ancestors · progenitors · offspring · heir · dynasty · clan · kinship
deteriorates
Becomes progressively worse
degenerates · diminishes · weakens · erodes · fades · crumbles · regresses · lapses · slips · sinks
descendsoriginates
Starts or arises from
begets · gives rise to · spawns · produces · precedes
- descend onArrive suddenly, often overwhelmingly
- direct descendantAncestor's biological successor
- descend uponArrive suddenly, often overwhelmingly
- descent into madnessProgressive loss of sanity
- controlled descentIntentional, regulated falling
- descending orderArrangement from greatest downward
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