subsidingn.

Brit.

/səbˈsʌɪdɪŋ/, U.S.

/səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subside v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < subside v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare subsidence n.

The action of subside v. (in various senses). Cf. subsidence n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > sinking down

settlingc1440

sinking1440

declining1601

subsiding1607

subsidency1650

sedation1661

sinking-in1678

subsidence1754

sinkage1783

settlement1793

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > becoming less violent, vigorous, or severe

lissc1000

remissionc1425

abatement1433

swagingc1440

remittinga1475

slacking1542

remissness1551

subsiding1607

slackening1611

relaxation1614

relentment1628

rebatement1701

relaxing1734

1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. iv. sig. G2^v There's nothing, more, doth ouerwhelme the iudgment, And clouds the vnderstanding, then too much Setling, and fixing, and (as 't were) subsiding Vpon one obiect.

1672 R. Boyle New Exper. Flame & Air 13 in Tracts The subsiding of the Mercury.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vii. 190 Strabo..attributes those great Floods and Inundations to the elevation and subsiding of the Moles terrestris.

1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 17 A regular alternate Elevation and subsiding, or an apparent Pulsation.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 151 Mixing a small quantity of alum with the water accelerates the subsiding of the starch.

1864 W. Aitken Sci. & Pract. Med. (ed. 3) I. 525 Others begin to administer the quinine on the subsiding of the paroxysm and during the sweating stage.

1913 Mil. Engineer 5 500 With the subsiding of the jetties, the condition of the entrance channel deteriorated both in direction and depth.

1954 D. Eisenhower Let. 12 July in P. Boyle Churchill-Eisenhower Corr. (1990) 161 There has been a subsiding of Congressional emotion and its action now contemplated does not bear the bellicose note which was originally threatened.

2005 H. van der Wusten in C. R. Flint Geogr. of War & Peace iv. 78 This demographic feature has been mentioned as an explanatory factor in the subsiding of urban violence in the United States during the 1990s.

Compounds

General attributive: = subsidence n. Compounds a.

ΚΠ

1844 U.S. Patent 5,940 2/2 Our improvement of using a shallow subsiding-vat in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Sept. 1/3 Subsiding beds were provided so that the fluid portion of the river was alone supplied to the consumers.

1901 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 23 826 After transferring to a subsiding vessel and adding an equal volume of 90 per cent. alcohol it subsides perfectly to a heavy pulpy stratum.

1933 R. S. Weston in Twenty-Five Years Chem. Engin. Progr. (1968) (Amer. Inst. Chem. Engineers) xxiii. 327 The effluent from the subsiding basin is then passed through a special zeolite which exchanges sodium for the basic nitrogen in the sewage.

1975 Econ. Geogr. 51 161/1 The mill and subsiding tanks were old and worn, and the evaporators inefficient and only worthy of scrapping.

2007 M. C. Hill & C. R. Tiedeman Effective Groundwater Model Calibration i. 5 (caption) Experimental results from a subsiding tank, showing the kind of complexity characteristic of deltaic deposits in a subsiding basin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

subsidingadj.

Brit.

/səbˈsʌɪdɪŋ/, U.S.

/səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subside v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < subside v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier subsiding n.

That subsides (in various senses of the verb).

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > sinking down

subsiding1646

sinking1748

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > becoming less violent, vigorous, or severe

softening1685

remissive1686

abating1727

subsiding1779

slacking1859

slowing1877

surceasing1881

slackening1886

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 68 The subsiding powder dryed, retaines some magneticall vertue.

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 443/1 Edulcorate the subsiding pouder by many affusions of fair Water.

1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 215 With Terror trembled Heav'ns subsiding Hill.

1779 Mirror No. 66 Specifying..the subsiding state of her affections towards them.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xxii. 561 The class of widely-encircling reefs, which indicate a subsiding land.

1889 Ld. Lytton Let. to W. Ward 25 Sept. in Personal & Literary Lett. Ld. Lytton (1906) II. 390 The after effects of its subsiding eddies.

1955 J. Carmichael tr. N. Sukhanov Russ. Revol. vi. 140 Chkheidze was..saying something and waving his arms in the midst of the subsiding applause.

1994 Canad. Geographic Jan. 10/1 A less hospitable site for a young forest could scarcely be imagined..beside the cold, subsiding waters left by the retreating Wisconsin glacier.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	subsiding
释义	subsidingn. Brit. /səbˈsʌɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subside v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < subside v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare subsidence n. The action of subside v. (in various senses). Cf. subsidence n. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [noun] > sinking down settlingc1440 sinking1440 declining1601 subsiding1607 subsidency1650 sedation1661 sinking-in1678 subsidence1754 sinkage1783 settlement1793 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > becoming less violent, vigorous, or severe lissc1000 remissionc1425 abatement1433 swagingc1440 remittinga1475 slacking1542 remissness1551 subsiding1607 slackening1611 relaxation1614 relentment1628 rebatement1701 relaxing1734 1607 B. Jonson Volpone iii. iv. sig. G2^v There's nothing, more, doth ouerwhelme the iudgment, And clouds the vnderstanding, then too much Setling, and fixing, and (as 't were) subsiding Vpon one obiect. 1672 R. Boyle New Exper. Flame & Air 13 in Tracts The subsiding of the Mercury. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. vii. 190 Strabo..attributes those great Floods and Inundations to the elevation and subsiding of the Moles terrestris. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 17 A regular alternate Elevation and subsiding, or an apparent Pulsation. 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 151 Mixing a small quantity of alum with the water accelerates the subsiding of the starch. 1864 W. Aitken Sci. & Pract. Med. (ed. 3) I. 525 Others begin to administer the quinine on the subsiding of the paroxysm and during the sweating stage. 1913 Mil. Engineer 5 500 With the subsiding of the jetties, the condition of the entrance channel deteriorated both in direction and depth. 1954 D. Eisenhower Let. 12 July in P. Boyle Churchill-Eisenhower Corr. (1990) 161 There has been a subsiding of Congressional emotion and its action now contemplated does not bear the bellicose note which was originally threatened. 2005 H. van der Wusten in C. R. Flint Geogr. of War & Peace iv. 78 This demographic feature has been mentioned as an explanatory factor in the subsiding of urban violence in the United States during the 1990s. Compounds General attributive: = subsidence n. Compounds a. ΚΠ 1844 U.S. Patent 5,940 2/2 Our improvement of using a shallow subsiding-vat in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Sept. 1/3 Subsiding beds were provided so that the fluid portion of the river was alone supplied to the consumers. 1901 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 23 826 After transferring to a subsiding vessel and adding an equal volume of 90 per cent. alcohol it subsides perfectly to a heavy pulpy stratum. 1933 R. S. Weston in Twenty-Five Years Chem. Engin. Progr. (1968) (Amer. Inst. Chem. Engineers) xxiii. 327 The effluent from the subsiding basin is then passed through a special zeolite which exchanges sodium for the basic nitrogen in the sewage. 1975 Econ. Geogr. 51 161/1 The mill and subsiding tanks were old and worn, and the evaporators inefficient and only worthy of scrapping. 2007 M. C. Hill & C. R. Tiedeman Effective Groundwater Model Calibration i. 5 (caption) Experimental results from a subsiding tank, showing the kind of complexity characteristic of deltaic deposits in a subsiding basin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). subsidingadj. Brit. /səbˈsʌɪdɪŋ/, U.S. /səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: subside v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < subside v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier subsiding n. That subsides (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > [adjective] > sinking down subsiding1646 sinking1748 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > becoming less violent, vigorous, or severe softening1685 remissive1686 abating1727 subsiding1779 slacking1859 slowing1877 surceasing1881 slackening1886 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 68 The subsiding powder dryed, retaines some magneticall vertue. View more context for this quotation 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. ix. 443/1 Edulcorate the subsiding pouder by many affusions of fair Water. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Homer 1st Bk. Ilias in Fables 215 With Terror trembled Heav'ns subsiding Hill. 1779 Mirror No. 66 Specifying..the subsiding state of her affections towards them. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. xxii. 561 The class of widely-encircling reefs, which indicate a subsiding land. 1889 Ld. Lytton Let. to W. Ward 25 Sept. in Personal & Literary Lett. Ld. Lytton (1906) II. 390 The after effects of its subsiding eddies. 1955 J. Carmichael tr. N. Sukhanov Russ. Revol. vi. 140 Chkheidze was..saying something and waving his arms in the midst of the subsiding applause. 1994 Canad. Geographic Jan. 10/1 A less hospitable site for a young forest could scarcely be imagined..beside the cold, subsiding waters left by the retreating Wisconsin glacier. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1607adj.1646
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