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1 —as in:
her anger subsided

Definition

become less intense, less severe, or less active — perhaps going away entirely

I couldn't think clearly until the pain subsided.

subsided = became less severe

Other Uses (with this meaning)

I'm hoping aspirin will make the pain subside.

subside = become less severe

We had to wait for the noise to subside before we continue our conversation.

subside = become less intense

Let's talk tomorrow when anger has subsided and we can think more clearly.

subsided = become less intense

The swelling subsided, but it's still painful.

subsided = became less severe

I took a pill and it will make the trembling in my hand subside.

subside = become less active (or perhaps go away entirely)

The dizziness has subsided and while my left ear is still deafened, I can hear a ringing in my right, which seems a good sign.
Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games

subsided = become less severe (or perhaps stopped entirely)

His voice subsided to a mutter.
William Golding -- Lord of the Flies

subsided = became less intense

Up above we could still hear the screaming, but the gunfire subsided.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor

subsided = became less active (or perhaps stopped entirely)

His nervousness had subsided months earlier; he knew he no longer had control over his destiny.
Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore

subsided = become less intense

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2 —as in:
the ground subsided

Definition

sink or settle to a lower level

We can't return to the home until the flood waters subside.

subside = settle to a lower level

Other Uses (with this meaning)

The flood waters have subsided.

subsided = settled to a lower level

The building is subsiding because the soil is shrinking from the drought.

subsiding = sinking or settling to a lower level

The mud subsides when the waters become calm.

subsides = sinks or settles to a lower level

He probably surmised that if he bided his time until August, the Teklanika would subside enough to be crossed.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

subside = settle to a lower level

After a brief space, the convulsion grew almost imperceptible, and finally subsided into the depths of his nature.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

subsided = settled (to a lower level)

Subsiding onto his seat Mr. Blore thought to himself: "He's nearer the day of judgment than I am!"
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

subsiding = settling

Hester had schooled herself long and well; and she never responded to these attacks, save by a flush of crimson that rose irrepressibly over her pale cheek, and again subsided into the depths of her bosom.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter

subsided = settled (to a lower level)

All my efforts subside like froth into the one desire to be able just to stay lying there.
Erich Maria Remarque -- All Quiet on the Western Front

subside = settle

Then he went West, and there was a gradual subsidence of whatever personal attraction had existed.
Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie

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Less commonly:

In classic literature, subside may be used as a synonym for sit as in "She subsided into the chair."

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