Subside
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English
Verb
Subside (third-person singular simple present Subsides, present participle subsiding, simple past and past participle subsided)
- 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.
- The sea subsides.
- The tumults of war will subside.
- The fever has subsided.
Adverbs for Subside
abruptly; gradually; growlingly; brokenly; ultimately; spontaneously; markedly; intermittently.
Thesaurus
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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French
Noun
Subside m. (plural Subsides)
- contribution, tax
- Le produit de taxes si mal réparties avait des limites, et les besoins des princes n'en avaient plus. Cependant ils ne voulaient ni convoquer les États pour en obtenir des subsides, ni provoquer la noblesse, en l'imposant, à réclamer la convocation de ces assemblées. (Tocqueville, Ancien Régime et Révolution, 1856)
- subsidy, pension, monetary help
- Max Jacob vit en effet pauvrement, sans cependant manquer de rien, à cause de certaines relations qu'il a, par exemple, Poiret, dont il est vrai qu'il reçoit quelques subsides. (Léautaud, Journal littéraire, 3, 1916)
Etymology
From Latin subsidium < subsidere
Pronunciation
References
- "Subside" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
subsīde
- second-person singular present active imperative of subsīdō
Portuguese
Verb
Subside
