subside
verb /səbˈsaɪd/
/səbˈsaɪd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they subside | /səbˈsaɪd/ /səbˈsaɪd/ |
| he / she / it subsides | /səbˈsaɪdz/ /səbˈsaɪdz/ |
| past simple subsided | /səbˈsaɪdɪd/ /səbˈsaɪdɪd/ |
| past participle subsided | /səbˈsaɪdɪd/ /səbˈsaɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form subsiding | /səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/ /səbˈsaɪdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to become calmer, quieter or less intense
- She waited nervously for his anger to subside.
- When the rain had subsided we continued our walk.
- I took an aspirin and the pain gradually subsided.
- He waited until the laughter had subsided before continuing his story.
- The storm gradually subsided.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- quickly
- rapidly
- soon
- …
- begin to
- start to
- into
- [intransitive] (of water) to go back to a normal level
- The flood waters gradually subsided.
- [intransitive] (of land or a building) to sink to a lower level; to sink lower into the ground
- Weak foundations caused the house to subside.
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin subsidere, from sub- ‘below’ + sidere ‘settle’ (related to sedere ‘sit’).