What does "scend" mean?

The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement.

What is a synonym for "scend"?

Common synonyms include: be poised, billow, bore, break, breaker, breakers.

Scend

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
The rising motion of water as a wave passes; a surge; the upward angular displacement of a vessel, opposed to pitch, the correlative downward movement.

Verb

1
To heave upward. intransitive
2
rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

be poised billow bore break breaker breakers

Etymology

A corruption of send, influenced by ascend.

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