'Subsiding' definitions:
Definition of 'subsiding'
From: WordNet
noun
A gradual sinking to a lower level [syn: settling, subsiding, subsidence]
Definition of 'Subsiding'
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 'subsiding'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- at rest,
- calm,
- cloistered,
- collapsing,
- coming apart,
- contractive,
- cool,
- cracking,
- crumbling,
- decadent,
- deciduous,
- declining,
- declivitous,
- decreasing,
- decrescendo,
- decrescent,
- decurrent,
- degenerate,
- deliquescent,
- descendant,
- descending,
- deteriorating,
- diminishing,
- diminuendo,
- disintegrating,
- down,
- down-reaching,
- downcoming,
- downfalling,
- downgoing,
- downhill,
- downsinking,
- downward,
- draining,
- drooping,
- dropping,
- dwindling,
- ebbing,
- effete,
- even-tenored,
- fading,
- failing,
- falling,
- flagging,
- fragmenting,
- going to pieces,
- halcyon,
- hushed,
- impassive,
- isolated,
- languishing,
- lessening,
- marcescent,
- moldering,
- on the descendant,
- on the downgrade,
- on the wane,
- pacific,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- pining,
- placid,
- plummeting,
- plunging,
- quiescent,
- quiet,
- reductive,
- regressive,
- reposeful,
- reposing,
- restful,
- resting,
- retrograde,
- retrogressive,
- sagging,
- secluded,
- sequestered,
- sequestrated,
- setting,
- sheltered,
- shriveling,
- sinking,
- sliding,
- slipping,
- slumping,
- smooth,
- still,
- still as death,
- stillish,
- stilly,
- stoic,
- stolid,
- submerging,
- tabetic,
- tottering,
- tranquil,
- tumbledown,
- unagitated,
- undisturbed,
- unmoved,
- unperturbed,
- unruffled,
- unstirring,
- untroubled,
- waning,
- wasting,
- wilting,
- withering,
- worsening