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adjectivecoming down or downward
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Definition that contains descending
- step support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
- pocket a local region of low pressure or descending air that causes a plane to lose height suddenly
- slum spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive
- patronize treat condescendingly
- stair support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway
- inversion (counterpoint) a variation of a melody or part in which ascending intervals are replaced by descending intervals and vice versa
- condescend behave in a patronizing and condescending manner
- condescend treat condescendingly
- patronise treat condescendingly
- funicular a railway up the side of a mountain pulled by a moving cable and having counterbalancing ascending and descending cars