1. Coming down or downward
   "The descending aeroplane prepared for landing"

1. Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
   "He was descending the stairs";
   - go down, come down
    
2. Come as if by falling
   "Night descended";
   - fall, settle
    
3. Be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
   "She was descended from an old Italian noble family";
   - derive, come
    
4. Do something that one considers to be below one's dignity
   "He wouldn't descend to arguing with internet trolls";
   - condescend, deign

See also: declivitous, degressive, descendent, down, downhill, downward, downward-arching, downward-sloping, drizzling, dropping, falling, raining

Type of: act, come, go, locomote, move, relate, travel

Antonym: ascending

Encyclopedia: Descending