Collocations for descend - verb Contents 1. move downwards ADVERB 2. lead downwards ADVERB PREPOSITION PHRASES 3. (be descended from sb/sth) be related to sb/sth ADVERB VERB + descend Word list: Descend is used with these nouns as the subject: Word list: Descend is used with these nouns as the object: 1. move downwards ADVERB quickly, rapidly slowly carefully Back to top ▲ 2. lead downwards ADVERB steeply gently, gradually Back to top ▲ PREPOSITION into, to The path descends steeply to the town. Back to top ▲ PHRASES descend into chaos, descend into farce (BrE), descend into madness (esp. BrE) Back to top ▲ 3. (be descended from sb/sth) be related to sb/sth ADVERB directly The breed is almost directly descended from the Eurasian wild boar. ultimately Back to top ▲ VERB + descend claim to He claims to be descended from a Spanish prince. Back to top ▲ Descend is used with these nouns as the subject: calm, darkness, elevator, fog, gloom, hand, hush, mist, path, silence Back to top ▲ Descend is used with these nouns as the object: cliff, escalator, flight, hill, ladder, mountain, slope, stair, staircase, step Back to top ▲