Definition of "subside"

subside

/sʌbˈsaɪd/

verb
third-person singular simple present subsides, present participle subsiding, simple past and past participle subsided
1. (intransitive) To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
2. (intransitive) To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
  Quotations
  An illuminating article in a recent issue of the Eastern Region's Civil Engineering News points out that where coal is worked over a reasonably large area, it is not only the whole of the strata above the workings, but also an area beyond which is liable to subside at varying rates after the coal has been removed.
  1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The subsidence problem”, in Trains Illustrated, page 651
3. (intransitive) To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.
  Quotations
  Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, […].
  1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company
  I've been meaning to tell you / I've got this feelin' that won't subside / I look at you and I fantasize
  1987, John DeNicola, Franke Previte (lyrics and music), “Hungry Eyes”, performed by Eric Carmen
4. (intransitive, colloquial) To cease talking.

Definition of "subside"

subside

verb

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