subside

[ suhb-sahyd ]

/ səbˈsaɪd /

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verb (used without object), sub·sid·ed, sub·sid·ing.

to sink to a low or lower level.

to become quiet, less active, or less violent; abate: The laughter subsided.

to sink or fall to the bottom; settle; precipitate: to cause coffee grounds to subside.

Nearby words

subserve, subservient, subset, subshell, subshrub, subside, subsidence, subsidiarity, subsidiary, subsidiary atrial pacemaker, subsidiary cell

Origin of subside

1640–50; < Latin subsīdere, equivalent to sub- sub- + sīdere to sit, settle; akin to sedēre to be seated; see sit¹

SYNONYMS FOR subside

1 decline, descend, settle.

2 diminish, lessen, wane, ebb.

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ANTONYMS FOR subside

1 rise.

2 increase.

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Related forms

sub·sid·ence

[suhb-sahyd-ns, suhb-si-dns] /səbˈsaɪd ns, ˈsʌb sɪ dns/, nounsub·sid·er, nounnon·sub·sid·ing, adjectiveun·sub·sid·ed, adjective

un·sub·sid·ing, adjective

Can be confused

subside subsistsubsidence subsistence

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Examples from the Web for subside

During the rest of the day the young woman relaxes and heals, waiting for the swelling on her face to subside.
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And then, as the tremors begin to subside, Miyazaki cuts to a close-up of the ground: gray pebbles, a green weed.
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Once that happens, the pressure this fiasco is putting on the GOP will subside.
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But the sense of loss is sickening and the shock has not begun to subside.
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The president thinks that Republican extremism will subside if he wins in November.
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Toward morning the paroxysms appeared to reach a climax and then to subside.
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They are manifestly errors of a later date, which were to appear after those of Rome should subside, having lost their influence.
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"You must not offend the Republicans and injure our amendment," they argued, and she would acquiesce and subside.
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After allowing the starch to subside, the juice should be concentrated to about the density of 1.4.
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Aurora and Clotilde heard the strife begin, increase, subside, rise again and decrease.
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British Dictionary definitions for subside

subside

/ (səbˈsaɪd) /

verb (intr)

to become less loud, excited, violent, etc; abate

to sink or fall to a lower level

(of the surface of the earth, etc) to cave in; collapse

(of sediment, etc) to sink or descend to the bottom; settle

Derived Forms

subsider, noun

Word Origin for subside

C17: from Latin subsīdere to settle down, from sub- down + sīdere to settle

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