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.

Words nearby subside

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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OTHER WORDS FROM subside

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH subside

subside subsistsubsidence subsistence

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Examples from the Web for subsiding

Bill feels a sensation like “subsiding into a pile of bones.”
American Dreams, 1953: ‘Junky’ by William S. Burroughs|Nathaniel Rich|June 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Has the subsiding of the 1990s crime wave changed - not only the quantity of gun incidents - but also the character?
David's Bookclub: Private Guns, Public Health|David Frum|March 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
One factor is the subsiding of the crack-cocaine epidemic that hit Washington hard in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
A D.C. Fix for Honduran Murders?|Eli Lake|October 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Infatuated dreamer, think you it is the subsiding of the storm, and not rather the lull that precedes it?
Piccadilly|Laurence Oliphant

The wind was subsiding, the sky serene, and I watched the sun rise with renewed hope.
The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island|Johann David Wyss
I bow to the demands of the lady, said Lawson, subsiding with happy gallantry.
Langford of the Three Bars|Kate Boyles
Great nervousness attends the subsiding of the effect of opium, and one is much torn and distracted in mind.
Opium Eating|Anonymous
She and d'Alcacer up there seemed to dominate the tumult which was now subsiding.
The Rescue|Joseph Conrad

British Dictionary definitions for subsiding

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 of subside

subsider, noun

Word Origin for subside

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

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