subside
/sʌbˈsaɪd/ verb B2- 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 be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil. · The sea subsides.· The tumults of war will subside.
- To cease talking.
He/she/it subsides · Past subsided · Past participle subsided · -ing form subsiding
Verb forms
- Base form
- subside
- He/she/it
- subsides
- Past
- subsided
- Past participle
- subsided
- -ing form
- subsiding
From the library
Gilbert had whisked the pin out of sight and was studying his history with the soberest face in the world; but when the commotion subsided he looked at Anne and winked with inexpressible drollery.
Mycroft Holmes struggled out of his overcoat and subsided into an armchair.
As Josie was not “speaking” to Jane just then she had to subside into comparative harmlessness.
His apparent partiality had subsided, his attentions were over, he was the admirer of some one else.
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