Dictionary Entry
subside
subside is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
- 2intransitive verb
To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
- 3intransitive verb
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.
- 4verb
wear off or die down
"The pain subsided"
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- 5verb
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
"He sank into bed"
"She subsided into the chair"
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- 6verb
sink down or precipitate
"the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
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- 7verb
sink to a lower level or form a depression
"the valleys subside"
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