All 4 Uses of
subside
in
Treasure Island
- "One more cheer for Cap'n Smollett," cried Long John when the first had subsided.†
Chpt 12 *
- Often, as I still lay at the bottom and kept no more than an eye above the gunwale, I would see a big blue summit heaving close above me; yet the coracle would but bounce a little, dance as if on springs, and subside on the other side into the trough as lightly as a bird.†
Chpt 24
- In three minutes I had the HISPANIOLA sailing easily before the wind along the coast of Treasure Island, with good hopes of turning the northern point ere noon and beating down again as far as North Inlet before high water, when we might beach her safely and wait till the subsiding tide permitted us to land.†
Chpt 25
- He went in with a sounding plunge; the red cap came off and remained floating on the surface; and as soon as the splash subsided, I could see him and Israel lying side by side, both wavering with the tremulous movement of the water.†
Chpt 27
Definition:
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(subside as in: her anger subsided) become less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps going away entirely