v. 25B6; verb
the plane started descending : GO DOWN, come down; drop, fall, sink, dive, plummet, plunge, nosedive.
she descended the stairs : CLIMB DOWN, go down, come down; shin down.
the road descends to a village : SLOPE, dip, slant, go down, fall away.
she saw Leo descend from the bus : ALIGHT, disembark, get down, get off, dismount.
they would not to descend to such mean tricks : STOOP, lower oneself, demean oneself, debase oneself; resort, be reduced, go as far as.
the army descended into chaos : DEGENERATE, deteriorate, decline, sink, slide, fall.
they descended on the pub : COME IN FORCE, arrive in hordes; attack, assail, assault, storm, invade, swoop on, charge.
he is descended from a Flemish family : BE A DESCENDANT OF, originate from, issue from, spring from, derive from.
his estates descended to his son : BE HANDED DOWN, be passed down; be inherited by.
ascend, climb, board.