subside
subside is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. "Heaven's subsiding hill." Dryden.
- 2.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. "In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside." C. Middleton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- see abate
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abate
- abatement
- abridge
- abridgment
- and
- anticlimax
- attenuate
- away
- bate
- coarctation
- contract
- contraction
- crumble
- decay
- declension
- decline
- decrease
- decreasing
- decrement
- depreciate
- depreciation
- dequantitate
- descend
- descent
- deterioration
- die
- diminish
- diminution
- discount
- drop
- dwarf
- ebb
- extenuate
- extenuation
- fall
- fine
- fritter
- halo
- head
- hide
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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