Dictionary entry details
• DESCENT (noun)
Meaning:
A movement downward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("descent" is a kind of...):
change of location; travel (a movement through space that changes the location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "descent"):
slide ((geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.)
sinking (a descent as through liquid (especially through water))
cascade; shower (a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower)
set (the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon)
lightening (descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped)
drop; fall (a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity)
Meaning:
Properties attributable to your ancestry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
descent; extraction; origin
Context example:
he comes from good origins
Hypernyms ("descent" is a kind of...):
ancestry; derivation; filiation; lineage (inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "descent"):
full blood (descent from parents both of one pure breed)
Meaning:
The act of changing your location in a downward direction
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("descent" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "descent"):
abseil (a descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point)
collapse; flop (the act of throwing yourself down)
drop (the act of dropping something)
crash dive (a rapid descent by a submarine)
swoop (a swift descent through the air)
rappel ((mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body)
dive; nose dive; nosedive (a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft)
jump; parachuting (descent with a parachute)
Meaning:
The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
filiation; line of descent; lineage; descent
Hypernyms ("descent" is a kind of...):
family relationship; kinship; relationship ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "descent"):
bilateral descent (line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family)
unilateral descent (line of descent traced through one side of the family)
Meaning:
A downward slope or bend
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
downslope; declivity; declination; declension; decline; fall; descent
Hypernyms ("descent" is a kind of...):
incline; side; slope (an elevated geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "descent"):
downhill (the downward slope of a hill)
steep (a steep place (as on a hill))
Antonym:
ascent (an upward slope or grade (as in a road))
Meaning:
The descendants of one individual
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
lineage; pedigree; bloodline; blood line; ancestry; stemma; blood; line of descent; parentage; origin; descent; stock; line
Context example:
his entire lineage has been warriors
Hypernyms ("descent" is a kind of...):
family tree; genealogy (successive generations of kin)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "descent"):
side (a family line of descent)
breed (a special lineage)
family; family line; folk; kinfolk; kinsfolk; phratry; sept (people descended from a common ancestor)
