Descending

What do we mean by descending?

To pass from a higher to a lower place; to move downwards; to come or go down in any way, for example by falling, flowing, walking, climbing etc.

To enter mentally; to retire.

(with on or upon) To make an attack, or incursion, as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.

To come down to a lower, less fortunate, humbler, less virtuous, or worse, state or rank; to lower or abase oneself

To pass from the more general or important to the specific or less important matters to be considered.

To come down, as from a source, original, or stock

To be derived (from)

To proceed by generation or by transmission; to happen by inheritance.

To move toward the south, or to the southward.

To fall in pitch; to pass from a higher to a lower tone.

To go down upon or along; to pass from a higher to a lower part of

Words that are spelled similarly to descending:
descending, descenting, descendant, descendent, ascending, depending, rescinding, defending, scending, desponding, descanting, distending, descendens, reascending, detrending, resending.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word descending:
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Words that rhyme with descending:
condescending, impending, pending, ending, trending, blending, lending, ascending, attending, spending, bending, mending, tending, rending, pretending, unending, extending, vending, depending, contending, transcending, commending, offending, unbending, sending, intending, wending, amending, defending, expending, fending, apprehending, portending, deficit spending, comprehending, recommending, friending, misspending, overspending, suspending, befriending, overextending, compensatory spending, tone ending, outspending, chen ding, depend ing, end hung, end ing, extend ing, friend hung, relending, spend ing, tien dung.

Adjectives that are often used to describe descending:
own, orpheus, ascending, superficial, christ, red, plain, left, steep, select, prone, nude, angry, similarity.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective descending:
staircase, orders.

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