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to descend
  1. 1 to descend, to go down, to come down
  2. 2 to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
  3. 3 to pass (of time)
  4. 4 to surrender, to capitulate
  5. 5 to be less than, to be inferior to — often in neg. form
  6. 6 to have the runs, to have diarrhea — also written as 瀉る
  7. 7 to pass (in stool), to be discharged from the body
  8. 8 to depreciate oneself, to be humble
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • Let's descend the slope.

    sense 1 · to descend

  • She was found guilty.

    sense 2 · to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)

  • The track descends.

    sense 1 · to descend

  • We skied down to Chamonix.

    sense 1 · to descend

  • The ship sailed down the channel.

    sense 1 · to descend

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