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sub⋅side

  [suhb-sahyd]
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–verb (used without object), -sid⋅ed, -sid⋅ing.
1. to sink to a low or lower level.
2. to become quiet, less active, or less violent; abate: The laughter subsided.
3. to sink or fall to the bottom; settle; precipitate: to cause coffee grounds to subside.
Origin:
1640–50; < L subsīdere, equiv. to sub- sub- + sīdere to sit, settle; akin to sedēre to be seated; see sit 1

Related forms:
sub⋅sid⋅ence  [suhb-sahyd-ns, suhb-si-dns] , noun
sub⋅sid⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. decline, descend, settle. 2. diminish, lessen, wane, ebb.

Antonyms:
1. rise. 2. increase.
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sub·side   (səb-sīd')   
intr.v.   sub·sid·ed, sub·sid·ing, sub·sides

  1. To sink to a lower or normal level.

  2. To sink or settle down, as into a sofa.

  3. To sink to the bottom, as a sediment.

  4. To become less agitated or active; abate. See Synonyms at decrease.


[Latin subsīdere : sub-, sub- + sīdere, to settle; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
sub·si'dence (səb-sīd'ns, sŭb'sĭ-dns) n.
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subside 
1681, "to sink to the bottom," from L. subsidere "settle, sink, sit down or remain," from sub "down" + sidere "to settle," related to sedere (see sit). Meaning "to sink to a lower level, be reduced" is from 1706.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sub·side
Pronunciation: s&b-'sId
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: sub·sid·ed;sub·sid·ing
: to lessen in severity : become diminished subsided> —sub·si·dence /s&b-'sId-&n(t)s, 's&b-s&d-&n(t)s/ noun
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subsidence sub·si·dence (səb-sīd'ns, sŭb'sĭ-dns)
n.
Sinking or settling in a bone, as of a prosthetic component of a total joint implant.

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subsidence

sinking of the Earth's surface in response to geologic or man-induced causes. When subsidence occurs in great belts, providing troughs for the accumulation of sediments, the resulting features are termed geosynclines; nonlinear subsidence produces basins and irregular depressions. Subsurface solution during cave formation may lead to a series of subsidence features at the ground surface, which, collectively, are termed karst (q.v.) topography. Similar effects can be produced by mining or by the extraction of water or petroleum by means of wells. Subsidence also has been produced by the irrigation of virgin areas of alluvial deposits; initial water penetration causes reorientation of constituent particles and a consequent compaction of sediment in the wetted areas. See also geosyncline.

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