Subsiding
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which something subsides.
"With such violent subterranean forces in operation, even at the present day, it is easy to apprehend how numerous must have been the uprisings and subsidings of the solid matter of the earth in this region during bye-gone ages."
- 2 a gradual sinking to a lower level wordnet
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of subside form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Tom needs to underpin his house as it's subsiding."