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subside 音标拼音: [səbs'ɑɪd] vi. 沉淀,沉降,平息 沈淀,沈降,平息 subside v 1: wear off or die down; " The pain subsided" [ synonym: { subside}, { lessen}] 2: sink to a lower level or form a depression; " the valleys subside" 3: sink down or precipitate; " the mud subsides when the waters become calm" [ synonym: { subside}, { settle}] 4: descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; " He sank into bed"; " She subsided into the chair" [ synonym: { sink}, { subside}] 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}.] 1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink. " Heaven' s subsiding hill." -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate; as, the sea subsides; the tumults of war will subside; the fever has subsided. " In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside." -- C. Middleton. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: See { Abate}. [ 1913 Webster] Subsidence137 Moby Thesaurus words for " subside": abate, ablate, advance, ascend, back, back up, bate, be eaten away, budge, calm, calm down, cave, cave in, cease, change, change place, circle, climb, consume, consume away, corrode, crumble, decline, decrease, deliquesce, descend, die, die away, die down, diminish, dive, droop, drop, drop down, drop off, dwindle, ebb, erode, fade, fail, fall, fall away, fall off, flop, flop down, flow, flump, flump down, founder, get over, give way, go, go around, go down, go downhill, go off, go round, go sideways, gravitate, gyrate, halt, head, hit a slump, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, incline, languish, lapse, lead, lean, lessen, let up, lower, lull, melt away, moderate, molder, mount, move, move over, pacify, pass away, plop, plop down, plummet, plump, plunge, point, precipitate, progress, quiesce, quiet, quieten, reach the depths, recede, regress, retrogress, rise, rotate, run, run down, run low, sag, set, settle, settle down, shift, shrink, sink, sink down, slacken, slide, slip, slouch, slump, slump down, soar, soothe, spin, stir, stop, stream, submerge, swag, tail off, tend, tend to go, touch bottom, tranquilize, travel, wane, waste, waste away, wear, wear away, wear off, whirl
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