descend
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(verb) move downward but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "Real estate prices are coming down" |
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Synonyms: come down, fall, go down |
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Related Words: alight, avalanche, cascade, cascade down, climb down, crash, dismount, dive, drip, drop, drop down, fall down, flop, get down, get off, go, go down, go under, light, locomote, move, pitch, plop, plunge, plunk, pounce, precipitate, rappel, roll down, set, settle, sink, swoop, topple, travel, tumble, unhorse |
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Antonyms: ascend |
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(verb) to sink in status or dignity, or worsen in condition |
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Synonyms: stoop |
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Related Words: move |
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(verb) do something that one considers to be below one's dignity |
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Synonyms: condescend, deign |
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Related Words: act, move |
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(verb) come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins" |
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Synonyms: come, derive |
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