| VERB | change | subside, lessen | wear off or die down |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | subside | sink to a lower level or form a depression | |
| motion | subside, settle | sink down or precipitate | |
| motion | subside, sink | descend into or as if into some soft substance or place |
| Sounds | sahbsay'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abide ... Yuletide: 172 rhymes with ayd... | |
| Meaning | Wear off or die down. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The water subsides | |
| Example | "The pain subsided" | |
| Synonym | lessen | |
| Broader | weaken | Become weaker |
| Spanish | atenuar, disminuir, menguar | |
| Catalan | atenuar, disminuir, minvar | |
| Nouns | subsidence | an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease) |
| Meaning | sink to a lower level or form a depression. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the valleys subside" | |
| Broader | dip, sink | Appear to move downward |
| Nouns | subsidence | the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it |
| subsiding, subsidence | a gradual sinking to a lower level | |
| Meaning | sink down or precipitate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" | |
| Synonym | settle | |
| Broader | sink, settle, go down, go under | go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
| Spanish | posarse, se desploma | |
| Meaning | descend into or as if into some soft substance or place. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "She subsided into the chair" | |
| Synonym | sink | |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Spanish | adentrarse, hundirse, sumirse | |
| Catalan | apregonar-se, endinsar-se, enfonsar-se, ensorrar-se, sumir-se, tirar-se de cap | |
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