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Subside

//sʌbˈsaɪd// verb, slang

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

    "An illuminating article in a recent issue of the Eastern Region's Civil Engineering News points out that where coal is worked over a reasonably large area, it is not only the whole of the strata above the workings, but also an area beyond which is liable to subside at varying rates after the coal has been removed."

  4. 4
    descend into or as if into some soft substance or place wordnet
  5. 5
    To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil. intransitive

    "The sea subsides."

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  1. 6
    sink down or precipitate wordnet
  2. 7
    To cease talking. colloquial, intransitive
  3. 8
    sink to a lower level or form a depression wordnet

Etymology

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

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