Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To become less intense, active, or severe; abate.
- intransitive verb To become smaller or less prominent, as swelling. synonym: decrease.
- intransitive verb To move or sink to a lower or normal level.
- intransitive verb To sink to the bottom, as a sediment.
- intransitive verb To sit down slowly; settle down.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To sink or fall to the bottom; settle, as lees from a state of motion or agitation.
- To cease from action, especially violent action or agitation; fall into a state of quiet; be calmed; become tranquil; abate: as, the storm subsided; passion subsides.
- To fall to a lower level; tend downward; sink; fall; contract after dilatation.
- To stop talking; be quiet; be less conspicuous: as, you had better subside.
- Synonyms Abate, Subside. Intermit (see
abate ); retire, lull.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
- intransitive verb To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
- intransitive verb To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
sink orfall to the bottom; tosettle , as lees. - verb To tend
downward ; to becomelower ; todescend ; tosink . - verb To fall into a state of
quiet ; to cease torage ; to becalmed ; to settle down; to becometranquil ; toabate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
- verb sink down or precipitate
- verb wear off or die down
- verb sink to a lower level or form a depression
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The calls subside after a couple of days, then start up again a week later.
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The calls subside after a couple of days, then start up again a week later.
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The academy said children need to rest "physically and cognitively" until symptoms subside, which is usually a week or two.
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God's method of arresting the flood and making its waters subside is poetically called a "rebuke" (Ps 76: 6;
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Quentin felt the magic of his sword subside, a red haze fading into twinges of emptiness and unfulfilled need, a mix of emotions that tore at him like brambles.
Antrax Brooks, Terry 2001
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"I didn't know you had such a word as 'subside' in your vocabulary," derided David Nesbit.
Grace Harlowe's Problem Jessie Graham [pseud.] Flower
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For many of these patients, the risk for PE will never "subside" so IVC removal isn't an appealing prospect.
Medgadget 2010
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When do you think that and you've mentioned that I think now, a couple of quarters, that you expect those numbers to kind of subside, but you were still kind of hanging on the 2 million range.
Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2009
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If you own an RV, convertible, etc as mentioned in the article then factor that into the cost of ownership of these vehicles ... it is not my role as a tax payer to 'subside' your recreational activities, although I like that you have them (I, for instance, have two motorcycles along with my 4-wheel cage ...)
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If you own an RV, convertible, etc as mentioned in the article then factor that into the cost of ownership of these vehicles ... it is not my role as a tax payer to 'subside' your recreational activities, although I like that you have them (I, for instance, have two motorcycles along with my 4-wheel cage ...)
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