subside

• POS: Verb (intransitive)
• HYPHEN: sub=side
• COUNT in NET: 8 in 8 verses (in OT : 8 in 8 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

subside, v. i. [L. subsidere; sub under, below + sidere to sit down, to settle; akin to sedere to sit, E. sit. See Sit.].

•  To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.  [1913 Webster]
•  To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  C. Middleton.  [1913 Webster]

Syn. -- See Abate.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

subside, v.intr.
1 cease from agitation; become tranquil; abate (excitement subsided).
2 (of water, suspended matter, etc.) sink.
3 (of the ground) cave in; sink.
4 (of a building, ship, etc.) sink lower in the ground or water.
5 (of a swelling etc.) become less.
6 usu. joc. (of a person) sink into a sitting, kneeling, or lying posture.

Derivative

subsidence n.

Etymology

L subsidere (as SUB-, sidere settle rel. to sedere sit)

THESAURUS

subside

abate, ablate, advance, ascend, back, back up, bate, be eaten away, budge, calm, calm down, cave, cave in, cease, change, change place, circle, climb, consume, consume away, corrode, crumble, decline, decrease, deliquesce, descend, die, die away, die down, diminish, dive, droop, drop, drop down, drop off, dwindle, ebb, erode, fade, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, flop, flop down, flow, flump, flump down, founder, get over, give way, go, go around, go down, go downhill, go off, go round, go sideways, gravitate, gyrate, halt, head, hit a slump, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, incline, languish, lapse, lead, lean, lessen, let up, lower, lull, melt away, moderate, molder, mount, move, move over, pacify, pass away, plop, plop down, plummet, plump, plunge, point, precipitate, progress, quiesce, quiet, quieten, reach the depths, recede, regress, retrogress, rise, rotate, run, run down, run low, sag, set, settle, settle down, shift, shrink, sink, sink down, slacken, slide, slip, slouch, slump, slump down, soar, soothe, spin, stir, stop, stream, submerge, swag, tail off, tend, tend to go, touch bottom, tranquilize, travel, wane, waste, waste away, wear, wear away, wear off, whirl

ROGET THESAURUS

subside

Decrease

VB decrease, diminish, lessen, abridge, shrink, drop off, fall off, tail off, fall away, waste, wear, wane, ebb, decline, descend, subside, melt away, die away, retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble, bate, abate, dequantitate, discount, depreciate, extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away, mitigate, dwarf, throw into the shade, reduce, shorten, subtract.