subside
/sʌbˈsaɪd/
subside verb: to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
Verb
subside (third-person singular simple present subsides, present participle subsiding, simple past and past participle subsided)
- To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
- To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
- An illuminating article in a recent issue of the Eastern Region's Civil Engineering News points out that where coal is worked over a reasonably large area, it is not only the whole of the strata above the workings, but also an area beyond which is liable to subside at varying rates after the coal...1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The subsidence problem”, in Trains Illustrated, page 651
- To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil.
- The sea subsides.
- The tumults of war will subside.
- Synonyms:
- abate
- To cease talking.
subside meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
subside in Hindi
- to subside, become sluggish or dejected
- सिराना sirānā
- to subside, yield
- दबना dabnā
- to subside, to diminish
- मरना marnā
subside in Tamil
- தணி, அடங்கும்
subside in Marathi
- to subside, go down
- ओसरणे osarṇe
- to subside
- शमणे śamṇe
subside in Urdu
- بیٹھنا, گھٹنا, پچکنا
More languagesFewer languages
- subside in Bengali
- হ্রাস পাওয়া, শান্ত হওয়া, নিচু হওয়া
- subside in Malayalam
- ഒതുങ്ങുക otuṅṅuka
- subside in Kannada
- ಅಡಗು, ತಗ್ಗು, ಕುಸಿ, ತಳಸೇರು
- subside in Punjabi
- ਝੌਣਾ jhauṇā
- subside in Tagalog
- kumati
Examples of subside in a sentence
- The fever has subsided.
- I've been meaning to tell you / I've got this feelin' that won't subside / I look at you and I fantasize1987, John DeNicola, Franke Previte, “Hungry Eyes”, performed by Eric Carmen:
Synonyms of subside
Forms of subside
| third-person singular present | subsides |
|---|---|
| present participle | subsiding |
| past participle | subsided |
| past | subsided |
Origin of subside
From Latin subsīdō (“to settle, subside”).
Words formed from subside
Words that rhyme with subside
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- provide
- tied
- fried
- glide
- hide
- inside
- bide
- decide
- offside
- -side
- collide
- confide
- flipside
- set aside
- stride
- aside
- beride
- beside
- bestride
- chide
- coincide
- cyanide
- dried
- elide
- eyed
- gride
- preside
- reside
- Ryde
- allied
- applied
- astride
- betide
- bride
- deride
- dyed
- guyed
- I'd
- imide
- incide
- pied
- right side
- said
- snide
- statewide
- tried
- vide
- allide
Questions about subside
- What does subside mean?
- Subside means to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
- What is subside in Hindi?
- Subside in Hindi is सिराना (sirānā), दबना (dabnā), मरना (marnā). See Subside meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use subside in a sentence?
- The fever has subsided.
- What part of speech is subside?
- Subside is a verb.
- How do you pronounce subside?
- Subside is pronounced /sʌbˈsaɪd/.
- What is the past tense of subside?
- The past tense of subside is subsided.
Words near subside in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: subside (page history and authors); दबना (Hindi) (page history and authors); subside (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ओसरणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); subside (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subside (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ഒതുങ്ങുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); subside (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਝੌਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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