verb
1 move downwards
ADVERB
▪ quickly , rapidly
▪ slowly
▪ carefully
2 lead downwards
ADVERB
▪ steeply
▪ gently , gradually
PREPOSITION
▪ into , to
▪
The path ~s steeply to the town.
PHRASES
▪ ~ into chaos , ~ into farce ( BrE ), ~ into madness ( esp. BrE ) ( all figurative )
3 be descended from sb/sth be related to sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ directly
▪
The breed is almost directly ~ed from the Eurasian wild boar.
▪ ultimately
VERB + DESCEND
▪ claim to
▪
He claims to be ~ed from a Spanish prince.
Descend is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ calm , ↑ darkness , ↑ elevator , ↑ fog , ↑ gloom , ↑ hand , ↑ hush , ↑ mist , ↑ path , ↑ silence
Descend is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ cliff , ↑ escalator , ↑ flight , ↑ hill , ↑ ladder , ↑ mountain , ↑ slope , ↑ stair , ↑ staircase , ↑ step