Dictionary Definition
subside
Verb
1 wear off or die down; "The pain subsided" [syn:
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: settle]
4 descend into or as if into some soft substance
or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" [syn:
sink]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Verb
Translations
To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as
lees
To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage;
to be [calmed]; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- Finnish: laantua, tyyntyä, rauhoittua
- Old English: swaþrian
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abate,
ablate, advance, ascend, back, back up, bate, be eaten away, budge, calm, calm down, cave, cave in, cease, change, change place, circle, climb, consume, consume away, corrode, crumble, decline, decrease, deliquesce, descend, die, die away, die down, diminish, dive, droop, drop, drop down, drop off, dwindle, ebb, erode, fade, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, flop, flop down, flow, flump, flump down, founder, get over, give way,
go, go around, go down, go
downhill, go off, go round, go sideways, gravitate, gyrate, halt, head, hit a slump, hit rock bottom,
hit the skids, incline,
languish, lapse, lead, lean, lessen, let up, lower, lull, melt away, moderate, molder, mount, move, move over, pacify, pass away, plop, plop down, plummet, plump, plunge, point, precipitate, progress, quiesce, quiet, quieten, reach the depths,
recede, regress, retrogress, rise, rotate, run, run down, run low, sag, set, settle, settle down, shift, shrink, sink, sink down, slacken, slide, slip, slouch, slump, slump down, soar, soothe, spin, stir, stop, stream, submerge, swag, tail off, tend, tend to go, touch bottom,
tranquilize,
travel, wane, waste, waste away, wear, wear away, wear off, whirl