ascending Hear it!

ascending definition

as·cend·ing (-diŋ)

adjective

  1. that ascends
  2. Bot. rising or curving upward from a trailing position, as the stems of certain vines and shrubs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.