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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.
- We had to wait for the noise to subside before we continue our conversation.
- Let's talk tomorrow when anger has subsided and we can think more clearly.
- The swelling subsided, but it's still painful.
- I took a pill and it will make the trembling in my hand subside.
- 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
- His voice subsided to a mutter.William Golding -- Lord of the Flies
- Up above we could still hear the screaming, but the gunfire subsided.Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor
- His nervousness had subsided months earlier; he knew he no longer had control over his destiny.Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore
subside = become less severe
subside = become less intense
subsided = become less intense
subsided = became less severe
subside = become less active (or perhaps go away entirely)
subsided = become less severe (or perhaps stopped entirely)
subsided = became less intense
subsided = became less active (or perhaps stopped entirely)
subsided = become less intense
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.
- The building is subsiding because the soil is shrinking from the drought.
- The mud subsides when the waters become calm.
- He probably surmised that if he bided his time until August, the Teklanika would subside enough to be crossed.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- After a brief space, the convulsion grew almost imperceptible, and finally subsided into the depths of his nature.Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Then he went West, and there was a gradual subsidence of whatever personal attraction had existed.Theodore Dreiser -- Sister Carrie
subsided = settled to a lower level
subsiding = sinking or settling to a lower level
subsides = sinks or settles to a lower level
subside = settle to a lower level
subsided = settled (to a lower level)
subsiding = settling
subsided = settled (to a lower level)
subside = settle
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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