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

1. intransitive verb. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
2. intransitive verb. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
3. intransitive 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.
4. verb. wear off or die down

   "The pain subsided"

   Synonyms: lessen

5. verb. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place

   "He sank into bed"

   "She subsided into the chair"

   Synonyms: sink

6. verb. sink down or precipitate

   "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"

   Synonyms: settle

7. verb. sink to a lower level or form a depression

   "the valleys subside"

Synonyms

lessen, sink, settle

Common word forms

subsided, subsider, subsides, subsiding

Words from these letters

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