Definition of subside Subside
/sʌbsajˈd/ - [subsayd] - sub•side
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| subside - sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside" | ||
| sink, dip descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" | ||
| subside - sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" | ||
| settle | ||
| go under, go down, sink, settle be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too" | ||
| subside - wear off or die down; "The pain subsided" | ||
| lessen | ||
| weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" | ||
| subside - descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" | ||
| sink | ||
| descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- subside (v. i.)
To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees. - subside (v. i.)
To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. - subside (v. i.)
To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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subside
sub-sīd′, v.i. to settle down: to settle at the bottom: to fall into a state of quiet: to sink to a lower level: (coll.) to cease talking, to take a less prominent place.—ns. Subsī′dence (also Sub′sidence), Subsī′dency, act or process of subsiding, settling, or sinking. [L. subsidĕre—sub, down, sidĕre, to settle.]
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🔤- subside, verb, present, 1st person singular of subside (infinitive).
- subside, verb (infinitive).
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