subsiding

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English

Definitions

verb

To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
To fall downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
To fall into a state of calm; to be calm again; to settle down; to become tranquil; to abate.“The fever has subsided.”
To cease talking.

noun

The act by which something subsides.

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Synonyms

abating settling decreasing declining lowering diminishing shrinking lessening falling curtailing reducing detracting increasing cutting subsidization submergence

Associated

subsidence trough sedimentary basin rift fault sinking waters filled rise sea damage

Rhymes

abiding providing chiding gliding striding coinciding guiding deriding presiding hiding

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