Associations to the word «Ascending»

Wiktionary

ASCENDING, verb. Present participle of ascend
ASCENDING, noun. An ascent.
ASCENDING COLON, noun. (anatomy) A part of colon adjacent to small intestine.
ASCENDING COLONS, noun. Plural of ascending colon

Dictionary definition

ASCENDING, noun. The act of changing location in an upward direction.
ASCENDING, adjective. Moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne