SUBSIDE
Dictionary entry overview: What does subside mean?
• SUBSIDE (verb)
The verb SUBSIDE has 4 senses:
1. wear off or die down
2. sink to a lower level or form a depression
3. sink down or precipitate
4. descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
Familiarity information: SUBSIDE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• SUBSIDE (verb)
Meaning:
Wear off or die down
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
subside; lessen
Context example:
The pain subsided
Hypernyms (to "subside" is one way to...):
weaken (become weaker)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The water subsides
Meaning:
Sink to a lower level or form a depression
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
the valleys subside
Hypernyms (to "subside" is one way to...):
dip; sink (appear to move downward)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Sink down or precipitate
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
subside; settle
Context example:
the mud subsides when the waters become calm
Hypernyms (to "subside" is one way to...):
go down; go under; settle; sink (go under,)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
subside; sink
Context examples:
He sank into bed / She subsided into the chair
Hypernyms (to "subside" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
