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scend
also send (sĕnd)Nauticalintr.v. scend·ed, scend·ing, scends also send·ed or send·ing or sends
To heave upward on a wave or swell.
n.
The rising movement of a ship on a wave or swell.
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scend
(sɛnd) nautical orsend
vb, scends, scending, scended, sends, sending or sent
(Nautical Terms) (of a vessel) to surge upwards in a heavy sea
n
1. (Nautical Terms) the upward heaving of a vessel pitching
2. (Nautical Terms) the forward lift given a vessel by the sea
[C17: perhaps from descend or ascend]
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scend
or send
(sɛnd)v.i.
1. (of a vessel) to heave in a swell.
n. 2. the heaving motion of a vessel.
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scend
- As a noun, it is the surge of a wave or the sea; as a verb, it means to pitch or surge up in a heavy sea.See also related terms for wave.
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scend
Past participle: scended
Gerund: scending
| Imperative |
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| scend |
| scend |
| Present |
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| I scend |
| you scend |
| he/she/it scends |
| we scend |
| you scend |
| they scend |
| Preterite |
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| I scended |
| you scended |
| he/she/it scended |
| we scended |
| you scended |
| they scended |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am scending |
| you are scending |
| he/she/it is scending |
| we are scending |
| you are scending |
| they are scending |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have scended |
| you have scended |
| he/she/it has scended |
| we have scended |
| you have scended |
| they have scended |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was scending |
| you were scending |
| he/she/it was scending |
| we were scending |
| you were scending |
| they were scending |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had scended |
| you had scended |
| he/she/it had scended |
| we had scended |
| you had scended |
| they had scended |
| Future |
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| I will scend |
| you will scend |
| he/she/it will scend |
| we will scend |
| you will scend |
| they will scend |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have scended |
| you will have scended |
| he/she/it will have scended |
| we will have scended |
| you will have scended |
| they will have scended |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be scending |
| you will be scending |
| he/she/it will be scending |
| we will be scending |
| you will be scending |
| they will be scending |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been scending |
| you have been scending |
| he/she/it has been scending |
| we have been scending |
| you have been scending |
| they have been scending |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been scending |
| you will have been scending |
| he/she/it will have been scending |
| we will have been scending |
| you will have been scending |
| they will have been scending |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been scending |
| you had been scending |
| he/she/it had been scending |
| we had been scending |
| you had been scending |
| they had been scending |
| Conditional |
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| I would scend |
| you would scend |
| he/she/it would scend |
| we would scend |
| you would scend |
| they would scend |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have scended |
| you would have scended |
| he/she/it would have scended |
| we would have scended |
| you would have scended |
| they would have scended |
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Verb 1. scend - rise or heave upward under the influence of a natural force such as a wave; "the boats surged"
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