Meanings
verbsubside (third-person singular simple present subsides, present participle subsiding, simple past and past participle subsided)
present singular third person subsides · participle present subsiding · participle past subsided · past subsided
- intransitiveTo fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
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An illuminating article in a recent issue of the Eastern Region's Civil Engineering News points out that where coal is worked over a reasonably large area, it is not only the whole of the strata above the workings, but also an area beyond which is liable to subside at varying rates after the coal has been removed.
1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The subsidence problem”, in Trains Illustrated, page 651 - intransitiveTo fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil.
The sea subsides.
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The tumults of war will subside.
The fever has subsided.
Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals,[…].
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLCI've been meaning to tell you / I've got this feelin' that won't subside / I look at you and I fantasize
1987, John DeNicola, Franke Previte, “Hungry Eyes”, performed by Eric CarmenSynonyms: abate
- colloquialintransitiveTo cease talking.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil.
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Origin
- Latinsubsīdō“to settle, subside”
- Englishsubside
From Latin subsīdō (“to settle, subside”).
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Bulgarian утаявам се, спадам
- утаявам се (utajavam se)to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- спадам (spadam)to fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- стихвам (stihvam)to fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- утихвам (utihvam)to fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Catalan calmar-se
- calmar-seto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Chinese Mandarin 平息, 减退
- 平息 (píngxī)to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- 减退 (jiǎntuì)to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
Czech upokojit se, zklidnit se
- upokojit seto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- zklidnit seto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Dutch bezinken, zakken
- bezinkento sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- zakkento fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- verlagento fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- dalento fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- zinkento fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- kalmerento fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- milderento fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Finnish vajota, laskeutua
- vajotato sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- laskeutuato sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- painuato fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- vajotato fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- laantuato fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- tyyntyäto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- rauhoittuato fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
French tomber, se déposer
- tomberto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- se déposerto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- tomberto fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- s’abaisserto fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- s’affaisserto fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- descendreto fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- coulerto fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- se calmerto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
German einsinken, abklingen
- einsinkento sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- abklingento fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- nachlassento fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- abschwellento fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Irish síothlaigh
- síothlaighto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Italian sprofondare, abbassare
- sprofondareto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- abbassareto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- abbassarsito sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- scendereto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- discendereto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- ridursito sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- ridurreto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- calareto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- discendereto fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- abbassareto fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- calareto fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- calmarsito fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Korean 가라앉다
- 가라앉다 (garaanda)to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
Latin sedeō
- sedeōto fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
Māori tatū, tāngangao
- tatūto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- tāngangaoto fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- whakamahuruto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- whakamauruto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- māwheto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- pāitiitito fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- tāngangaoto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Norwegian Bokmål avta, roe seg
- avtato fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- roe segto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- stilneto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- spakneto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- løyeto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- legge segto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Polish osiadać, osiąść
- osiadaćto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- osiąśćto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
Portuguese esvaziar, diminuir
- esvaziarto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- diminuirto fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- arrefecerto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Romanian scufunda, scădea
- scufundato sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- scădeato fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
Russian оседа́ть, осе́сть
- оседа́ть (osedátʹ)to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- осе́сть (oséstʹ)to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- опуска́ться (opuskátʹsja)to fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- опусти́ться (opustítʹsja)to fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- спада́ть (spadátʹ)to fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- спасть (spastʹ)to fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- успока́иваться (uspokáivatʹsja)to fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- успоко́иться (uspokóitʹsja)to fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- унима́ться (unimátʹsja)to fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- уня́ться (unjátʹsja)to fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Scottish Gaelic sìolaidh, sìolaidh
- sìolaidhto sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- sìolaidhto fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
Spanish calmarse, amainar
- calmarseto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- amainarto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- bajarto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- irse apagandoto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- remitirto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- aminorarto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Swedish avta, lätta
- avtato fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- lättato fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- dö bortto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- lägga sigto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
- lugna sigto fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
Tagalog kumati
- kumatito fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate
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