'Subside' definitions:
Definition of 'subside'
(from WordNet)
verb
Wear off or die down; "The pain subsided" [syn: subside, lessen]
verb
Sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside"
verb
Sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" [syn: subside, settle]
verb
Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" [syn: sink, subside]
Definition of 'Subside'
From: GCIDE
- Subside \Sub*side"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subsided; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsiding.] [L. subsidere; sub under, below + sidere to sit down, to settle; akin to sedere to sit, E. sit. See Sit.]
- 1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. "Heaven's subsiding hill." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. "In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside." --C. Middleton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: See Abate. [1913 Webster] Subsidence
Synonyms of 'subside'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abate,
- ablate,
- advance,
- ascend,
- back,
- back up,
- bate,
- be eaten away,
- budge,
- calm,
- calm down,
- cave,
- cave in,
- cease,
- change,
- change place,
- circle,
- climb,
- consume,
- consume away,
- corrode,
- crumble,
- decline,
- decrease,
- deliquesce,
- descend,
- die,
- die away,
- die down,
- diminish,
- dive,
- droop,
- drop,
- drop down,
- drop off,
- dwindle,
- ebb,
- erode,
- fade,
- fail,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- flop,
- flop down,
- flow,
- flump,
- flump down,
- founder,
- get over,
- give way,
- go,
- go around,
- go down,
- go downhill,
- go off,
- go round,
- go sideways,
- gravitate,
- gyrate,
- halt,
- head,
- hit a slump,
- hit rock bottom,
- hit the skids,
- incline,
- languish,
- lapse,
- lead,
- lean,
- lessen,
- let up,
- lower,
- lull,
- melt away,
- moderate,
- molder,
- mount,
- move,
- move over,
- pacify,
- pass away,
- plop,
- plop down,
- plummet,
- plump,
- plunge,
- point,
- precipitate,
- progress,
- quiesce,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- reach the depths,
- recede,
- regress,
- retrogress,
- rise,
- rotate,
- run,
- run down,
- run low,
- sag,
- set,
- settle,
- settle down,
- shift,
- shrink,
- sink,
- sink down,
- slacken,
- slide,
- slip,
- slouch,
- slump,
- slump down,
- soar,
- soothe,
- spin,
- stir,
- stop,
- stream,
- submerge,
- swag,
- tail off,
- tend,
- tend to go,
- touch bottom,
- tranquilize,
- travel,
- wane,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear,
- wear away,
- wear off,
- whirl