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    subside
    /səbˈsʌɪd/

    verb

    • 1. become less intense, violent, or severe: "I'll wait a few minutes until the storm subsides" Similar abatelet upmoderatecalmOpposite intensifyworsen
    • 2. (of water) go down to a lower or the normal level: "the floods subside almost as quickly as they arise" Similar recedeebbfall backflow backOpposite rise

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  2. SUBSIDE definition: 1. If a condition subsides, it becomes less strong or extreme: 2. If a building, land, or water…. Learn more.

  3. The meaning of SUBSIDE is to sink or fall to the bottom : settle. How to use subside in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Subside.

  4. To subside is to die down or become less violent, like rough ocean waves after a storm has passed (or your seasickness, if you happened to be sailing on that ocean). Subside comes from the Latin prefix sub- (meaning "down") and the Latin verb sidere (meaning "to settle").

  5. 1. to become less loud, excited, violent, etc; abate. 2. to sink or fall to a lower level. 3. (Physical Geography) (of the surface of the earth, etc) to cave in; collapse. 4. (of sediment, etc) to sink or descend to the bottom; settle. [C17: from Latin subsīdere to settle down, from sub- down + sīdere to settle] subˈsider n.

  6. Definition of subside verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  7. Subside Definition. səb-sīd. subsided, subsides, subsiding. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Filter. verb. subsided, subsides, subsiding. To become less active, intense, etc.; abate. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To become smaller or less prominent, as swelling. American Heritage. To sink to a lower level.

  8. 1. If a feeling or noise subsides, it becomes less strong or loud. [...] 2. If fighting subsides, it becomes less intense or general. [...] 3. If the ground or a building is subsiding, it is very slowly sinking to a lower level. [...] More. Pronunciations of 'subside' American English: səbsaɪd British English: səbsaɪd. More.

  9. SUBSIDE meaning: 1. to become less strong or extreme: 2. If a building subsides, it sinks down to a lower level.. Learn more.

  10. subside. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Building, Meteorology sub‧side /səbˈsaɪd/ verb [ intransitive] 1 if a feeling, pain, sound etc subsides, it gradually becomes less and then stops SYN die down Simon waited until the laughter subsided.

  11. 1. intransitive verb. If a feeling or noise subsides, it becomes less strong or loud. The pain had subsided during the night. Synonyms: decrease, diminish, lessen, ease More Synonyms of subside. 2. intransitive verb. If fighting subsides, it becomes less intense or general. Violence has subsided following two days of riots. 3. intransitive verb.