descend
descend
englanti(transitiivinen) laskea, laskeutua
(intransitiivinen) laskeutua
(intransitiivinen) aleta; polveutua; siirtyä perijälle t. seuraajalle
(intransitiivinen, runokieltä) vaipua, uppoutua
edetä, siirtyä esityksessä pääkohdista yksityiskohtiin
Esimerkkejä:
Well descend the river in a canoe.
The cat descended the ladder.
the aircraft began to descend
I did not expect him to descend to something as low as that.
These languages descend from a common ancestor.
The crown descended to the heir apparent.
Liittyvät sanat: ascend
Synonyymisanakirja
descend
johtua, juontaa, tulla, laskeutua, pudota, kaataa, iskeä maahan, lyödä maahan, laskea, alentua, polveutua, periytyä.
Rimmaavat sanat
descend rimmaa näiden kanssa:
polterabend, jugend, boyfriend...
Englannin sanakirja
descend (englanti > suomi)
descend englanniksi
puhekieltä To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, as by falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to plunge; to fall; to incline downward
The rain descended, and the floods came. Matthew vii. 25.
We will here descend to matters of later date. Fuller.
puhekieltä To enter mentally; to retire.
He with holiest meditations fed, Into himself descended. w:John Milton|John Milton.
puhekieltä or (m) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
And on the suitors let thy wrath descend. w:Alexander Pope|Alexander Pope.
puhekieltä To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or station; to lower or abase oneself
he descended from his high estate
puhekieltä To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.
puhekieltä To come down, as from a source, original, or stock; to be derived; to proceed by generation or by transmission; to fall or pass by inheritance.
the beggar may descend from a prince
a crown descends to the heir
puhekieltä To move toward the south, or to the southward.
puhekieltä To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.
puhekieltä To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of
they descended the river in boats; to descend a ladder
But never tears his cheek descended. w:Byron Byron.
(inflection of)
Käännökset
ranska
descendre, tomber
venäjä
t-needed ru