change of location, travel - a movement through space that changes the location of something

drop, fall - a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity; "it was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height"

lightening - descent of the uterus into the pelvic cavity that occurs late in pregnancy; the fetus is said to have dropped

set - the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; "before the set of sun"

cascade, shower - a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower; "a little shower of rose petals"; "a sudden cascade of sparks"

sinking - a descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"

slide - (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.

ancestry, filiation, lineage, derivation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

full blood - descent from parents both of one pure breed

movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

abseil - a descent down a nearly vertical surface by using a doubled rope that is coiled around the body and attached to some higher point

parachuting, jump - descent with a parachute; "he had done a lot of parachuting in the army"

nose dive, dive - a steep nose-down descent by an aircraft

swoop - a swift descent through the air

crash dive - a rapid descent by a submarine

drop - the act of dropping something; "they expected the drop would be successful"

collapse, flop - the act of throwing yourself down; "he landed on the bed with a great flop"

family relationship, kinship, relationship - state of relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

bilateral descent - line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the family

unilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family

downhill - the downward slope of a hill

incline, slope, side - an elevated geological formation; "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of the mountain"

steep - a steep place (as on a hill)

kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"

breed - a special lineage; "a breed of Americans"

side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"

family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin