subside[verb]Synonyms:- decrease, abate, diminish, ease, ebb, lessen, quieten, slacken, wane
- sink, cave in, collapse, drop, lower, settle
Related Idioms: dwindle down
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sub‧side /səbˈsaɪd/
verb [intransitive][
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: subsidere, from sidere 'to sit down, sink']
1. if a feeling, pain, sound etc subsides, it gradually becomes less and then stops
Synonym : die down:
Simon waited until the laughter subsided. The pains in his head had subsided, but he still felt dizzy and sick.2. formal if a building or an area of land subsides, it gradually sinks to a lower level:
After the heavy rains, part of the road subsided.3. if bad weather conditions subside, they gradually return to a normal state:
The wind gradually subsided, and all was quiet.4. if water, especially flood water, subsides, it gradually goes underground or back to a normal level:
When the floods subsided, the streets were littered with bodies. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲