descent
mo.rad denotes a downward slope or route, and once describes descending ornamentation.
The attested use most often concerns a downward slope or route: flight proceeds down Beth-horon, people are struck on a descent, and Horonaim is set against an ascent; Micah also compares the scene to waters poured out in a descent. A single occurrence places the term in a description of ornamental work.
Senses in use
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Downward slope or route · dominant
In Joshua 10:11 the construct form occurs where fleeing people go down from Beth-horon; in Joshua 7:5 the absolute form marks the place where the pursuers strike them. Jeremiah 48:5 contrasts an ascent with Horonaim's downward way, while in Micah 1:4 the APB renders the comparison as waters poured out “in a descent.”
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Descending ornamental work · rare
In 1 Kings 7:29 the absolute form occurs in the panel-and-frame description; the APB renders the surrounding feature as “wreaths of descending work” above and below the lions and cattle.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term chiefly as “descent” in movement and landscape clauses, and once as “descending work” in the description of panels. The precise English contribution in the ornamental clause remains partly uncertain.