verb
- to surge upward or forward, especially of a ship on a wave
Usage: nautical
noun
- the upward movement of a ship on a wave; a surge
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The ship began to scend as it rode the large swells.
- Each scend lifted the bow higher above the waves.
- The vessel would scend and fall with the rhythm of the sea.
- Sailors felt the powerful scend of the ocean beneath them.
- The boat’s scend was so pronounced that passengers felt queasy.
- With each scend, spray flew over the deck.