SUBSIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subside mean? 

• SUBSIDE (verb)
  The verb SUBSIDE has 4 senses:

1. wear off or die down

2. sink to a lower level or form a depression

3. sink down or precipitate

4. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

  Familiarity information: SUBSIDE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBSIDE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they subside    ... he / she / it subsides   
Past simple: subsided   
Past participle: subsided   
-ing form: subsiding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wear off or die down

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

lessen; subside

Context example:

The pain subsided

Hypernyms (to "subside" is one way to...):

weaken (become weaker)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sentence example:

The water subsides

Derivation:

subsidence (an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Sink to a lower level or form a depression

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

the valleys subside

Hypernyms (to "subside" is one way to...):

dip; sink (appear to move downward)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

subsidence (the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it)

subsidence; subsiding (a gradual sinking to a lower level)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Sink down or precipitate

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

settle; subside

Context example:

the mud subsides when the waters become calm

Hypernyms (to "subside" is one way to...):

go down; go under; settle; sink (go under)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 4

Meaning:

Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

sink; subside

Context example:

She subsided into the chair

Hypernyms (to "subside" is one way to...):

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

 Context examples 

Inflammation subsided in the children who had been treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor drugs (TNF inhibitors).

(Researchers discover otulipenia, a new inflammatory disease, NIH)

Then these agonies began swiftly to subside, and I came to myself as if out of a great sickness.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Great applause as Mr. Weller deposited a little key on the table and subsided, the warming pan clashed and waved wildly, and it was some time before order could be restored.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The symptoms tend to get worse at the beginning of the week and subside by the end of the week.

(Byssinosis, NCI Thesaurus)

These vigorous measures struck such terror to the breast of Mrs. Crupp, that she subsided into her own kitchen, under the impression that my aunt was mad.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Current drugs stop the evolution of the disease, but never make it subside.

(Molecule created in Brazil helps fight heart failure, Agência Brasil)

Heat is circulated through Titan's atmosphere via a pole-to-pole cycle of warm gases upwelling at the summer pole and cold gases subsiding at the winter pole.

(Cassini Sees Dramatic Seasonal Changes on Titan, NASA)

Their affection was always to subside into friendship.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

It is unknown whether the increase in beta-amyloid in the study participants would subside after a night of rest.

(Lack of sleep may be linked to risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, National Institutes of Health)

Because of the risk of serious complications, the man was admitted to hospital, where he was fed by tube and given intravenous antibiotics until the swelling and pain had subsided.

(Blocking A Sneeze, Man Ruptures Throat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)