κατεβαίνω — meaning in English

English meaning

• alight verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
• descend verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
• lower verb To move something down, or reduce its height, amount, or intensity.

Senses

κατεβαίνω is used for these senses in English:

• alight Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
• 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.
• go down To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
• lower (intransitive) To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease

alight — full definition

1. verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
2. verb To land after flying, or to come to rest somewhere.
3. adj On fire, or lit up with light.

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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