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absteigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • decamp verb To break camp and move on.
  • descend verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
  • dismount verb To get off something you were riding, such as a horse or bicycle.

Senses

absteigen is used for these senses in English:

  • decamp (perhaps, _, nonstandard) To debark, to disembark.
  • descend (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.
  • dismount (ambitransitive) To (cause to) get off (something).
  • go down To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
  • relegation The act of being relegated

decamp — full definition

  1. verb To break camp and move on.
  2. verb To disappear suddenly and secretly.
  3. verb To debark, to disembark.

descend — full definition

  1. verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
  2. verb To be traced back to, or come from, an earlier generation or source.
  3. verb To become worse or fall into a lower, more negative state.

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