discesa — meaning in English

English meaning

• descent noun The act of coming down from a higher place, or a downward slope or path.
• slide verb To move smoothly along a surface while staying in contact with it.

Senses

discesa is used for these senses in English:

• descent An instance of descending; act of coming down.
• slide An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.

descent — full definition

1. noun The act of coming down from a higher place, or a downward slope or path.
2. noun A person's family origins or ancestry.
3. noun A drop into a worse state or condition.

slide — full definition

1. verb To move smoothly along a surface while staying in contact with it.
2. verb To decrease gradually in amount, value, or quality.
3. noun A playground structure that children climb up and slide down.
4. noun A single page of a computer presentation.
5. noun A thin piece of glass used to hold a sample for viewing under a microscope.

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