Both Uses of
subside
in
Nine Stories
- At any rate, he waited till the hiccupping aftermath of his tears had subsided a little.†
Story 5 *subsided = became less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps went away entirely
- He then looked at me with his exposed eyes, which were full of slowly subsiding mirth and the pride of someone who knows a really good riddle or two.†
Story 6
Definitions:
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(1)
(subside as in: her anger subsided) become less intense, less severe, or less active -- perhaps going away entirely
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(2)
(subside as in: the ground subsided) sink or settle to a lower level
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In classic literature, subside may be used as a synonym for sit as in "She subsided into the chair."