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subside as in: her anger subsided
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I'm hoping aspirin will make the pain subside.
subside = become less severe
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I couldn't think clearly until the pain subsided.subsided = became less severe
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We had to wait for the noise to subside before we continue our conversation.subside = become less intense
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Let's talk tomorrow when anger has subsided and we can think more clearly.
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The swelling subsided, but it's still painful.subsided = became less severe
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After a while, the squall began to subside and the thunderclouds scudded away from the center of town. (source)subside = become less intense
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Kai's voice over the tumult in her ears made her realize that the pain was subsiding.† (source)subsiding = becoming less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps going away entirely
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Then leaf subsides to leaf. (source)subsides = becomes less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps goes away entirely
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After a length of time which he made no attempt to judge, he sensed a slight subsidence in their speed and some while later became aware that they were gradually gliding to a gentle halt.† (source)
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He huffed at the dirt, then flopped on his belly and subsided. (source)subsided = became less intense
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Montag did not look back at his wife as he went trembling along the hall to the kitchen, where he stood a long time watching the rain hit the windows before he came back down the hall in the gray light, waiting for the tremble to subside. (source)subside = go away
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Their fear subsiding, they complied.† (source)subsiding = becoming less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps going away entirely
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He waits until his breathing subsides, then slowly rolls off the bed, trying not to wake his wife. (source)subsides = becomes less intense
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Then he went West, and there was a gradual subsidence of whatever personal attraction had existed.† (source)
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subside as in: the ground subsided
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We can't return to the home until the flood waters subside.subside = settle to a lower level
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The ground is subsiding due to removal of ground water.subsiding = settling or sinking to a lower level
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The flood waters have subsided.subsided = settled to a lower level
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He probably surmised that if he bided his time until August, the Teklanika would subside enough to be crossed. (source)subside = settle to a lower level
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The deeper the tunnel, the less chance of subsidence on the surface. (source)subsidence = the gradual sinking or settling of land to a lower level
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When the wall of seawater subsided, the three Romans were in the bay, spluttering and frantically trying to stay afloat in their armor. (source)subsided = settled to a lower level
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All my efforts subside like froth into the one desire to be able just to stay lying there. (source)subside = settle
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Subsiding onto his seat Mr. Blore thought to himself: "He's nearer the day of judgment than I am!" (source)Subsiding = settling
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When this bar is gradually increased by storms, tides, or currents, or there is a subsidence of the waters, so that it reaches to the surface, that which was at first but an inclination in the shore in which a thought was harbored becomes an individual lake, cut off from the ocean, wherein the thought secures its own conditions—changes, perhaps, from salt to fresh, becomes a sweet sea, dead sea, or a marsh. (source)subsidence = settling to a lower level
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Probably there were subsidences of the outer crust, when a portion of the sedimentary deposits was carried down sudden openings. (source)
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They'd made it to the roof, waiting there with dozens of other people until the water subsided. (source)subsided = settled to a lower level
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After a minute, the roiling water subsided, and Rhunon withdrew the now pearl-gray sword. (source)
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All about the pool into which the water subsided grew various plants, that seemed to require a plentiful supply of moisture for the nourishment of gigantic leaves, and in some instances, flowers gorgeously magnificent. (source)
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The building is subsiding because the soil is shrinking from the drought.†subsiding = sinking or settling to a lower level
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The mud subsides when the waters become calm.†subsides = sinks or settles to a lower level
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