subside
- 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.
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slacken, ebb, wane, dwindle, ease, recede, melt, descend, abate, diminish, decline, lower, collapse, taper, drop, settle, sink, fall, moderate, quietenExamples from the Web for subside
Contemporary Examples of subside
As mourning time progressed and the emotional strain began to subside, the black hues began to lighten.
During the rest of the day the young woman relaxes and heals, waiting for the swelling on her face to subside.
And then, as the tremors begin to subside, Miyazaki cuts to a close-up of the ground: gray pebbles, a green weed.
Once that happens, the pressure this fiasco is putting on the GOP will subside.
But the sense of loss is sickening and the shock has not begun to subside.
Historical Examples of subside
Here the Colonel paused to wait for the shouting and the hat-throwing to subside.
Southern Lights and ShadowsVarious
Nevertheless, the excitement created by the draft did not subside at once.
Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From HomeBayard Taylor
But for all that his exaltation did not subside, but assumed a higher pitch.
The DownfallEmile Zola
My brother has money of his own, enough to subside on comf'tably, if he wanted to do it.
Thankful's InheritanceJoseph C. Lincoln
She waited motionless, till his passion should subside, still holding his hands.
David ElginbrodGeorge MacDonald
subside
- 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