Subside

[səb'saɪd]

Definition

(verb.) wear off or die down; 'The pain subsided'.

(verb.) sink down or precipitate; 'the mud subsides when the waters become calm'.

(verb.) sink to a lower level or form a depression; 'the valleys subside'.

Typist: Pansy--From WordNet

Definition

(v. i.) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

(v. i.) To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.

(v. i.) 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.

Typed by Dido

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. n. [1]. Sink, settle.[2]. Decrease, diminish, lessen, lull, wane, ebb, abate, intermit, grow less.

Typist: Randall

Definition

v.i. to settle down: to settle at the bottom: to fall into a state of quiet: to sink to a lower level: (coll.) to cease talking to take a less prominent place.—ns. Subsī′dence (also Sub′sidence) Subsī′dency act or process of subsiding settling or sinking.

Typed by Helga