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Sink down or precipitate
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subsiding
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act by which something subsides. vb. (present participle of subside English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. decreasing in amount or intensity [syn: abating ] n. a gradual sinking to a lower level [syn: settling , subsidence ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Subside \Sub*side"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subsided ; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsiding .] [L. subsidere; sub under, below + sidere to sit down, to settle; akin to sedere to sit, E. sit. See Sit .] To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees. To tend downward; ...
Usage examples of subsiding.
The noise outside was subsiding, and her remarks were effortlessly audible.
Even now, with the shock subsiding and her reason returning, the truth was too awful to contemplate.
As before the car decelerated to a halt, hissing subsiding, but no one was thrown to the floor.
He relaxed by wary degrees, his head growing heavier on her shoulder, the muscles of his back yielding slowly, their tension subsiding under her hand.
After that, the disturbance subsiding, when they had ordered the senate to be convened, they complain of the outrages committed on themselves, of the violence of the people, the daring of Volero.