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scend

/sɛnd/
noun
  1. The upward motion of a ship or boat as it rises on a wave.
    • The scend of the boat made some passengers feel seasick.
    • Sailors brace themselves for the scend when the waves are high.
    • The scend lifted the bow just before the wave crashed over the deck.
verb
  1. (of a ship or boat) to rise upward on a wave.
    • We watched the small boat scend and fall with the ocean's rhythm.
    • The ship will scend heavily in this stormy weather.
    • The vessel began to scend as the swell approached.
Synonyms
riselift