English - Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪd

English - Verb

subside (third-person singular simple present subsides, present participle subsiding, simple past and past participle subsided)

1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
3. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.

   The sea subsides.  The tumults of war will subside.  The fever has subsided.

   • 1907, Robert W. Chambers, chapter III, The Younger Set:

     Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals,

French - Etymology

From Latin subsidium, from subsidere

French - Noun

subside

French - References

• “subside” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

French - External Links

• “subside” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin - Verb

subsīde

1. second-person singular present active imperative of subsīdō

Portuguese - Verb

subside

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of subsidar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of subsidar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of subsidar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of subsidar

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