said of noise, feelings, wind, a storm, etc:
to become less loud or intense; to die down
dutch: wegzakken, luwen
french: baisser
german: nachlassen
italian: calare
spanish: amainar, calmarse, decrecer
- to sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees
- to tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink
- 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
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