Associations to the word «Subsiding»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

SUBSIDE, verb. Wear off or die down; "The pain subsided".
SUBSIDE, verb. Sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside".
SUBSIDE, verb. Sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm".
SUBSIDE, verb. Descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley