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- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
subsides, subsiding, subsided |
| definition 1: |
to decrease or abate, as noise, emotion, or the like.
Her anger subsided once the situation was explained.When you've gained some experience, your fears will subside.When the din subsided, we went back to our conversation.- synonyms:
- abate, decrease, diminish, ebb, lessen, moderate, remit, slacken
- antonyms:
- intensify
- similar words:
- blow over, cool, die down, dwindle, ease, let up, mitigate, peter out, quiet, settle, shrink, sink, slack, taper, wane
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| definition 2: |
to sink to a lower or to a normal level.
Once the waves had subsided, we went out again in the boat.- synonyms:
- descend, drop, recede, settle, sink
- antonyms:
- rise
- similar words:
- lessen, lower, moderate
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| definition 3: |
to settle to the bottom; sink or precipitate.
The sludge has subsided in the tank.- synonyms:
- settle, sink
- similar words:
- drop, precipitate
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| related words: |
decline, decrease, descend, diminish, ebb, lull, quit, recede, relax, relent, still |
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