subside
part of speech
verb (subside, subsides, subsided, subsiding); noun subsidence
meaning for a pupil
1) To subside is to become weaker, calmer or less strong: the storm subsided, the pain subsided. tree →
2) When water subsides, it goes down to a lower level: the flood waters subsided. tree →
3) When land or a building subsides, it sinks lower into the ground. tree →
sense 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 →
- The flood waters subsided and people went home. tree →
- Her fever subsided after she took the medicine. tree →
- Wait until the pain subsides before you walk on your ankle. tree →
- The laughter subsided when the teacher came in. tree →
- The old house had subsided, so the doors no longer shut. tree →
- The wind subsided, and the boat sailed on. tree →
- No sooner had he said this to himself than the storm began to subside. tree →
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.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «subside» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.