降りる — meaning in English

English meaning

• descend verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
• disembark verb To get off a ship, plane, or other vehicle after a journey.

Senses

降りる is used for these senses in English:

• come down (intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse.
• 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.
• disembark (intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
• get off (transitive) To move (something) from being on top of (something else) to not being on top of it.
• get off (transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
• get out (intransitive) To leave the inside of a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)
• go down To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

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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