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单词 scend
释义

scend

or send

[ send ]
/ sɛnd /
Nautical

verb (used without object) (of a vessel)

to heave in a swell.
to lurch forward from the motion of a heavy sea.

noun

the heaving motion of a vessel.
the forward impulse imparted by the motion of a sea against a vessel.

Origin of scend

1615–25; cf. send2; perhaps aphetic variant of ascend, descend

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH scend

scend , send

Words nearby scend

sceat, Scedosporium apiospermum, scena, scenario, scenarist, scend, scene, scene dock, scene master, scenery, scene-stealer
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Example sentences from the Web for scend

  • This fort stands on the river Scend; and two sides of it are protected and guarded by that river, which is deep.

    Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp|John Shipp
  • Scend, send, n. the upward angular displacement of a vessel—opposed to Pitch, the correlative downward movement.

    Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements)|Various
  • In an hour and a half after this, we reached and crossed the river Scend, about two miles from the top of the ghaut.

    Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp|John Shipp

British Dictionary definitions for scend

scend

send

nautical

verb scends, scending, scended, sends, sending or sent

(of a vessel) to surge upwards in a heavy sea

noun

the upward heaving of a vessel pitching
the forward lift given a vessel by the sea

Word Origin for scend

C17: perhaps from descend or ascend
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