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/səbsˈaɪdɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Subside v. i. (past & past part. subsided; pres. part. subsiding)

To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. "Heaven's subsiding hill."

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. "In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside."

Synonyms: See Abate.

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"Subsiding" Quotes from Famous Books

... he drew the interpreter's attention to something that had attracted his own notice, and seemed to ask his opinion. Then the Indian changed his position, and sheltering his eyes from the starlight, also took a long searching look, ending by subsiding into his place with a long, low ejaculation that ended like ...

— The Silver Canyon - A Tale of the Western Plains • George Manville Fenn

... suppressed that spasm, and the veins in his neck and forehead swelled alarmingly. If he had spoken he would infallibly have choked. He ceased eating, and putting his hands on the table tried to raise himself. He could not and subsiding in his chair sat glaring at the stiff, quiet figure of ...

— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... the Cow-pox. On the 2d day the incisions were inflamed and there was a pale inflammatory stain around them. On the 3d day these appearances were still increasing and their arms itched considerably. On the 4th day, the inflammation was evidently subsiding, and on the 6th it was scarcely perceptible. No ...

— An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae • Edward Jenner

... of the local police, and their movement toward the spot had resulted in the two sporty looking strangers subsiding. Some of the Harmony boys, however, scoffed at such Puritanical methods of procedure, since over at their town things were allowed to run wide open; or at least winked at ...

— Jack Winters' Baseball Team - Or, The Rivals of the Diamond • Mark Overton

... breeze resumed its gentle course up the lake as if there had been no such thing as a storm. Tired as they were, it was too good to lose; and with hoisted sail, the Loseis forged through the rapidly subsiding waters, with Charley at the helm. The breed boys asked no questions. Having raised the sail, they promptly fell asleep. Hooliam they had little regard for anyway; and Grylls they may have supposed was still somewhere under the ...

— Two on the Trail - A Story of the Far Northwest • Hulbert Footner

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