3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Subside \Sub*side"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Subsided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Subsiding}.] [L. subsidere; sub under, below + sidere to sit down, to settle; akin to sedere to sit, E. sit. See {Sit}.] 1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees. [1913 Webster] 2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. "Heaven's subsiding hill." --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. 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." --C. Middleton. [1913 Webster] Syn: See {Abate}. [1913 Webster] Subsidence From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: subsiding adj : decreasing in amount or intensity [syn: {abating}] n : a gradual sinking to a lower level [syn: {settling}, {subsidence}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 109 Moby Thesaurus words for "subsiding": at rest, calm, cloistered, collapsing, coming apart, contractive, cool, cracking, crumbling, decadent, deciduous, declining, declivitous, decreasing, decrescendo, decrescent, decurrent, degenerate, deliquescent, descendant, descending, deteriorating, diminishing, diminuendo, disintegrating, down, down-reaching, downcoming, downfalling, downgoing, downhill, downsinking, downward, draining, drooping, dropping, dwindling, ebbing, effete, even-tenored, fading, failing, falling, flagging, fragmenting, going to pieces, halcyon, hushed, impassive, isolated, languishing, lessening, marcescent, moldering, on the descendant, on the downgrade, on the wane, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, pining, placid, plummeting, plunging, quiescent, quiet, reductive, regressive, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, retrograde, retrogressive, sagging, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, setting, sheltered, shriveling, sinking, sliding, slipping, slumping, smooth, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, submerging, tabetic, tottering, tranquil, tumbledown, unagitated, undisturbed, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning, wasting, wilting, withering, worsening
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