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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUBSI'DE, v.i. [L. subsido; sub and sido, to settle. See Set.]
1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle; as lees.
2. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to become tranquil. Let the passions subside. The tumults of war will subside. Christ commanded, and the storm subsided.
3. To tend downwards; to sink; as a subsiding hill. The land subsides into a plain.
4. To abate; to be reduced.
In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: wear off or die down; "The pain subsided" [syn: subside, lessen]
2: sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside"
3: sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" [syn: subside, settle]
4: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" [syn: sink, subside]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb (subsided; subsiding) Etymology: Latin subsidere, from sub- + sidere to sit down, sink; akin to Latin sed?re to sit — more at sit Date: 1607 1. to sink or fall to the bottom ; settle 2. to tend downward ; descend; especially to flatten out so as to form a depression 3. to let oneself settle down ; sink <subsided into a chair> 4. to become quiet or less <as the fever subsides> <my anger subsided> Synonyms: see abate • subsidence noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. 1 cease from agitation; become tranquil; abate (excitement subsided). 2 (of water, suspended matter, etc.) sink. 3 (of the ground) cave in; sink. 4 (of a building, ship, etc.) sink lower in the ground or water. 5 (of a swelling etc.) become less. 6 usu. joc. (of a person) sink into a sitting, kneeling, or lying posture. Derivatives: subsidence n. Etymology: L subsidere (as SUB-, sidere settle rel. to sedere sit)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. ``Heaven's subsiding hill.'' --Dryden. 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. Syn: See Abate.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(subsides, subsiding, subsided) 1. If a feeling or noise subsides, it becomes less strong or loud. The pain had subsided during the night... VERB: V 2. If fighting subsides, it becomes less intense or general. Violence has subsided following two days of riots. VERB: V 3. If the ground or a building is subsiding, it is very slowly sinking to a lower level. Does that mean the whole house is subsiding? VERB: V 4. If a level of water, especially flood water, subsides, it goes down. Local officials say the flood waters have subsided. VERB: V

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Sink, settle. 2. Decrease, diminish, lessen, lull, wane, ebb, abate, intermit, grow less. 3. Descend, sink, become lower, tend downward, settle.

Moby Thesaurus

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