1. to move or go down from a higher to a lower place or level
2. to come from an ancestor; to be related by birth to someone from an earlier generation
3. to arrive or attack suddenly and in large numbers

Examples

• The airplane descends slowly toward the runway.
• She descends the stairs carefully in her high heels.
• He descends from a long line of teachers.
• The family descends from Irish immigrants.
• A flock of seagulls descends on the beach picnic.
• The path descends steeply into the valley.
• Darkness descends over the city at sunset.