descend

1. Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (synset 201974840)
   "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
   is a type of: go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
   subtypes:

   • prolapse - slip or fall out of place, as of body parts
   • abseil, rappel, rope down - descend by means of a rappel
   • dismount, get down, get off, light, unhorse - alight from (a horse)
   • avalanche, roll down - gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
   • dive, plunge, plunk - drop steeply
   • go down, go under, set - disappear beyond the horizon
   • correct, decline, slump - go down in value
   • precipitate - fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
   • sink, subside - descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
   • crash - fall or come down violently
   • flop - fall suddenly and abruptly
   • topple, tumble - fall down, as if collapsing
   • drop - to fall vertically
   • plop - drop with the sound of something falling into water
   • pitch - fall or plunge forward
   • alight, climb down - come down
   • go down, go under, settle, sink - go under
   • pounce, swoop - move down on as if in an attack
   • drip - fall in drops
   • cascade, cascade down - rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
   same as: come down, fall, go down
2. Come from;
   Be connected by a relationship of blood, for example (synset 202743062)
   "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"
   same as: come, derive
   verb group:

   • derive - come from
   • come, hail - be a native of
3. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity (synset 202597468)
   is a type of: act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
   same as: condescend, deign
4. Come as if by falling (synset 200342819)
   "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
   is a type of: come - come to pass; arrive, as in due course
   same as: fall, settle
   verb group: fall - go as if by falling

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