All 5 Uses of
subside
in
Lord of the Flies
- His voice subsided to a mutter.
p. 41.3 *subsided = became less intense
- Then, at the end of the afternoon; the mirage subsided and the horizon became level and blue and clipped as the sun declined.
p. 58.9subsided = went away
- The meeting subsided.
p. 88.4subsided = became less noisy (with everyone talking at once)
- At last the immediacy of the kill subsided.
p. 135.8subsided = became less intense (was felt less)
- The sound of his blood drowned all else and then subsided.
p. 166.4subsided = became less severe (or went away)
Definitions:
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(1)
(subside as in: her anger subsided) become less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps going away entirely
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(2)
(subside as in: the ground subsided) sink or settle to a lower level