Both Uses of
subside
in
The Time Machine
- But, at last, above the subsiding red of the fire, above the streaming masses of black smoke and the whitening and blackening tree stumps, and the diminishing numbers of these dim creatures, came the white light of the day.†
Chpt 9
- Save for a subsiding stir of dust, the further end of the laboratory was empty.†
Chpt 12 *
Definition:
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(subside as in: her anger subsided) become less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps going away entirely