scendere

Definitions of scendere
  1. verb
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
    synonyms: calare, discendere, fioccare, precipitare, ricadere
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    antonyms:
    alzarsi, assurgere, elevarsi, innalzarsi, levarsi, montare, salire, sollevarsi, sorgere
    move upward
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    appiedare
    alight from (a horse)
    ruzzolare
    gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
    immergersi, tuffarsi
    drop steeply
    cadere, calare, tramontare
    disappear beyond the horizon
    piombare, precipitare
    fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
    precipitare
    fall or come down violently
    ricadere
    to fall vertically
    picchiare
    fall or plunge forward
    affondare, profondare
    go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
    colare, gemere, gocciare, gocciolare, sgocciolare
    fall in drops
    piovere
    rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
    paracadutare
    jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
    liquidare
    sink down or precipitate
    inabissarsi, sprofondare
    sink below the surface
    sommergere
    sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
    digradare, ricusare
    go down
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    andare, gire, ire, muovere, portarsi, recarsi, trasferirsi
    change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  2. verb
    fall from clouds
    synonyms: cadere, venire
    precipitare, ricadere
    descend in free fall under the influence of gravity
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    piovere
    precipitate as rain
    nevicare
    fall as snow
    grandinare, tempestare
    precipitate as small ice particles
    piovigginare
    rain lightly
    diluviare
    rain heavily
  3. verb
    fall or flow in a certain way
    synonyms: cadere
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