"descend" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

descend verbo

descend + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 7
descend the stairs • descend the steps • descend the staircase • descend several feet • descend the ladder • ...
verbo + descend
Kolokacji: 3
begin to descend • begin descending • start descending
descend + preposición
Kolokacji: 39
descend from • descend into • descend on • descend upon • descend through • ...
descend + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 39
slowly descend • descend directly • quickly descend • descend rapidly • gradually descend • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 10
(2) directly, immediately
Kolokacji: 2
(3) gradually, suddenly, sharply
Kolokacji: 3
1. descend steeply = zejdź stromo descend steeply
3. descend straight = zejdź prosto descend straight
  • For with her free hand she made the sign of peace and farewell--and then the knife descended straight as a plummet to her heart.
  • An autogiro, descending straight from the night, squarely upon the deck of the Zouave.
  • Immediately before us was an apparently bottomless abyss, black and terrifying; the side descended straight down from our feet.
  • Let's hit an example of his work before descending straight into the interview.
  • Then I realized that the light was flying very low and was descending straight toward the fire.
  • Down he descended straight; the speed of Gods Time counts not, though with swiftest minutes winged.
  • The Micone walked thirty yards across the cavern's ceiling, then abruptly turned and descended straight down the wall.
  • A hard stroke and a lucky one, descending straight for The Shadow's head.
  • The former were probably compromised, Dennis thought, but one of the latter descended straight down to the underground.
  • Descending straight toward the clearing was an autogyro.
(7) finally, eventually, mainly
Kolokacji: 3
(8) carefully, cautiously
Kolokacji: 2
(9) swiftly, hastily
Kolokacji: 2
(10) steadily, regularly
Kolokacji: 2

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