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# subside

verb (subside, subsides, subsided, subsiding); noun subsidence

«subside» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To subside is to become weaker, calmer or less strong: the storm subsided, the pain subsided. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subside/#m1)
2. When water subsides, it goes down to a lower level: the flood waters subsided. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subside/#m2)
3. When land or a building subsides, it sinks lower into the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subside/#m3)

### In the lessons

Formal word in exam and news language; in science lessons, floods subside, wind subsides, a fever subsides. In stories it shows that danger or strong feeling is passing. Plain words: die down, calm down, go down, sink.

### Examples

- After an hour, the storm began to subside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subside/#x1)
- The flood waters subsided and people went home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subside/#x2)
- Her fever subsided after she took the medicine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subside/#x3)
- Wait until the pain subsides before you walk on your ankle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subside/#x4)
- The laughter subsided when the teacher came in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subside/#x5)
- The old house had subsided, so the doors no longer shut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subside/#x6)
- The wind subsided, and the boat sailed on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subside/#x7)
- No sooner had he said this to himself than the storm began to subside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subside/#x8)

### Note

Pronounced sub-SIDE. Regular verb: subsided. Noun for land sinking is «subsidence». Do not mix up with «subsidise» (to give money to help). In formal maths: «the water level subsided by 30 cm» means it went down 30 cm, so subtract.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «subside» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/subside/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«subside» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/subside.html) on Mova free.