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1. (v.i.) subside
to sink to a low or lower level.
2. subside
to become quiet, less active, or less violent; abate.
3. subside
to sink or fall to the bottom, as sediment; settle; precipitate.
Etymology: (1640–50; < L subsīdere=sub-sub - +sīdere to sit, settle; akin to sedēre to be seated; see sit)
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| Definition of 'subside' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) subside, lessen
wear off or die down
"The pain subsided"
2. (verb) subside
sink to a lower level or form a depression
"the valleys subside"
3. (verb) subside, settle
sink down or precipitate
"the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
4. (verb) sink, subside
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
"He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"
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1. (verb) subside
to become less strong
The fighting/noise/wind finally subsided.
2. subside
to become lower
as the flood water subsided
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| Definition of 'subside' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) subside
to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
2. (verb) subside
to tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
3. (verb) subside
to fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided
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Sense: (of land, streets, buildings etc) to sink lower
When a building starts to subside, cracks usually appear in the walls.
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 Afrikaans: sink |
 Arabic: يهْبُط، يَنْخَفِض |
 Bulgarian: поддавам |
 Brazilian: ceder |
 Czech: sesedat se |
 German: sich senken |
 Danish: synke |
 Greek: παθαίνω καθίζηση, βουλιάζ |
 Spanish: hundirse; ceder |
 Estonian: vajuma |
 Farsi: نشست كردن |
 Finnish: vajota |
 French: s'affaisser |
 Hebrew: לִשקוֹעַ |
 Hindi: धंसना, धंस जाना, धसकना |
 Croatian: uleknuti se, utonuti |
 Hungarian: süllyed |
 Indonesian: ambles |
 Icelandic: síga |
 Italian: sprofondare |
 Japanese: 沈下する |
 Korean: 내려앉다 |
 Lithuanian: grimzti, smegti, nusėsti |
 Latvian: sēsties; kristies; iegrim |
 Malay: mula turun |
 Dutch: verzakken |
 Norwegian: synke ned, sette seg |
 Polish: osiadać |
 Persian: نشست كردن |
 Pashto: کیناستل |
 Portuguese: ceder |
 Romanian: a se scufunda |
 Russian: оседать |
 Slovak: sadnúť, klesnúť |
 Slovenian: pogrezati se |
 Serbian: slegati se |
 Swedish: sjunka, sätta sig |
 Thai: ทรุดตัว |
 Turkish: çökmek, batmak |
 Taiwanese: (土地等)下沈 |
 Ukrainian: осідати |
 Urdu: دھنس جانا |
 Vietnamese: lún xuống |
 Chinese: （土地等）下沉 |
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