Subside

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To become less intense, active, or severe; abate.
  • intransitive verb. To become smaller or less prominent, as swelling. synonym: decrease.
  • intransitive verb. To move or sink to a lower or normal level.
  • intransitive verb. To sink to the bottom, as a sediment.
  • intransitive verb. To sit down slowly; settle down.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To sink or fall to the bottom; settle, as lees from a state of motion or agitation.
  • To cease from action, especially violent action or agitation; fall into a state of quiet; be calmed; become tranquil; abate: as, the storm subsided; passion subsides.
  • To fall to a lower level; tend downward; sink; fall; contract after dilatation.
  • To stop talking; be quiet; be less conspicuous: as, you had better subside.
  • Synonyms Abate, Subside. Intermit (see abate); retire, lull.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
  • intransitive verb. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
  • intransitive verb. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
  • verb. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
  • verb. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
  • verb. sink down or precipitate
  • verb. wear off or die down
  • verb. sink to a lower level or form a depression
  • Word Usage
    "The calls subside after a couple of days, then start up again a week later."
    cross-reference
    sink  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    comedown  descend  dip  fall  go under  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Clyde  Eid  Hyde  Outside  Pride  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    in  labia  pismire  supervene  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abate  abate  ablate  advance  ascend  
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