# scend

Pronunciation: say "SEND" /sɛnd/

## Noun

1. The rising motion of water as a wave passes, or the upward lift it gives a vessel, as opposed to pitch, the matching downward movement.
   - Simple: The upward push of water as a wave passes, lifting a boat with it.
   - _A sudden scend caught the bow and threw spray over the rail._
   - _Sailors braced themselves against every scend as the long swell rolled in._

## Verb

2. Of a vessel or the sea, to heave upward, as a ship lifted by a passing wave or swell.
   - Simple: To rise and heave upward, as a boat pushed up by a wave.
   - _The schooner scended sharply as the swell passed beneath her._
   - _Watch the bow scend whenever a large wave lifts it._

## Origin

This word is a corruption of "send," influenced by the word "ascend."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/scend (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).