1. To
move from a higher to a lower place; come or
go down.
2. To
slope, extend, or incline downward.
3. To come from an ancestor or ancestry.
4. To come down from a source; derive.
5. To pass by inheritance.
6. To lower oneself.
7. To proceed or progress downward, as in rank, pitch, or scale.
8. To arrive or attack in a sudden or an overwhelming manner.
1. I descended down the spiral staircase.
2. “A rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain” (J.R.R. Tolkien).
3.He was descended from a pioneer
family.
4.A tradition descending from colonial days.
5.The
house has descended through four generations.
6.“She, the conqueror, had descended to the level of the conquered” (
James Bryce).
7.Titles listed in descending order of importance; notes that descended to the lower register.
8.Summer tourists descending on the seashore village.