1. Wear off or die down
   "The pain subsided"
   - lessen 
2. Sink to a lower level or form a depression
   "the valleys subside" 
3. Sink down or precipitate
   "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
   - settle 
4. Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
   "She subsided into the chair"
   - sink

Derived forms: subsided, subsiding, subsides

See also: subsidence, subsiding

Type of: come down, descend, dip, fall, go down, go under, settle, sink, weaken

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