descender

Definitions of descender
  1. verb
    go down momentarily
    synonyms: caer
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    type of:
    declinar, mermar
    grow smaller
  2. verb
    go down in value
    synonyms: caer
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    types:
    caerse, tambalearse
    fall suddenly and sharply
    type of:
    declinar, mermar
    grow smaller
  3. verb
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
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    antonyms:
    alzar, alzarse, ascender, elevar, erguir, erguirse, levantar, subir
    move upward
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    hundirse, meterse, precipitarse, sumergirse, zambullirse
    drop steeply
    adentrarse, dejarse ir, hundirse, sumirse
    descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
    chocar, colisionar, destruirse, estrellarse, quebrarse
    fall or come down violently
    dejar caer, dejarse caer
    fall suddenly and abruptly
    abatir, caerse, demoler, derribar, derrocar
    fall down, as if collapsing
    bajar, caer
    to fall vertically
    hundirse, naufragar, sumergirse, sumirse
    go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
    chorrear, destilar, gotear
    fall in drops
    desaparecer, eludir, esquivar
    submerge or plunge suddenly
    hundirse, meterse, precipitarse, sumergirse, zambullirse
    fall abruptly
    sumergir, sumergirse
    sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
    type of:
    desplazarse, ir, moverse
    change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  4. verb
    descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
    synonyms: bajar, caerse
    caer
    fall from clouds
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    type of:
    desplazarse, ir, moverse
    change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
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