All 3 Uses of
descend
in
Lord of the Flies
- Stillness descended on them.
p. 25..2 (definition 1) *descended = arrived
- They knew very well why he hadn't: because of the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh; because of the unbearable blood.
p. 31..7 (definition 2) *descending = moving downward
- Then, three miles up, the wind steadied and bore it in a descending curve round the sky and swept it in a great slant across the reef and the lagoon toward the mountain.
p. 95..8 (definition 2)
Definitions:
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(1) (descend as in: thieves descended upon us) to come or arrive -- especially suddenly or from above or as an attack
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(2) (descend as in: descend the mountain) move or slope downward