descends
- 1Third-person singular simple present of descend.
The trail descends sharply into the valley below the ridge.
A thick fog descends over the harbor whenever the evening wind dies down.
Note
A present-tense form that works with or without an object. A climber descends the slope, taking the slope directly with no preposition, or descends into the valley with no object at all. Stairs, roads and paths can be the subject too, when they lead downward: the staircase descends to the cellar. The old causative use, in which someone descends a load to the ground, is archaic and best left to period writing.
She descends the stairs slowly, one hand on the rail.
The road descends the hill in a series of tight bends.
descends is a form of descend
descend, verb: To move from a higher place or position to a lower one, whether by climbing, falling, flowing, or walking. Full entry
- Forms
- descenddescends he/she/itdescending -ing formdescended past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- descend → descends: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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