Meaning

4 senses
  1. (intransitive)To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.

    einsinken

    оседа́тьosedátʹ, осе́стьoséstʹ

  2. (intransitive)To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.

    опуска́тьсяopuskátʹsja, опусти́тьсяopustítʹsja, спада́тьspadátʹ

    sink to a lower level or form a depression

  3. (intransitive)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.

    abklingen, nachlassen, abschwellen

    успока́иватьсяuspokáivatʹsja, успоко́итьсяuspokóitʹsja, унима́тьсяunimátʹsja

  4. (colloquial, intransitive)To cease talking.

Examples

46 sentences
  1. Tom's fever has subsided.

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  2. The shaking has subsided.

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  3. The flood began to subside.

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  4. Tom's anger subsided.

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  5. Tom's fever subsided.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees:
to fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink:
to fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees:
to fall into a state of calm; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate:

Origin

From Latin subsīdō (“to settle, subside”).

From Latin subsīdō (“to settle, subside”).

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Forms

subsides, subsiding, subsided, subsided
Base formsubside · to subside
3rd person singularsubsides
Present participlesubsiding
Past simplesubsided
Past participlesubsided

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysubside
he, she, itsubsides

Past simpleLesson

all personssubsided

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave subsided
he, she, ithas subsided

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill subside

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • wear off or die down:lessen
  • sink down or precipitate:settle
  • descend into or as if into some soft substance or place:sink

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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