Definition of "subside" [sub•side]

• To sink to a lower or normal level. (verb-intransitive)
• To sink or settle down, as into a sofa. (verb-intransitive)
• To sink to the bottom, as a sediment. (verb-intransitive)
• To become less agitated or active; abate. See Synonyms at decrease. (verb-intransitive)

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• "The calls subside after a couple of days, then start up again a week later."
• "The academy said children need to rest "physically and cognitively" until symptoms subside, which is usually a week or two."
• "God's method of arresting the flood and making its waters subside is poetically called a "rebuke" (Ps 76: 6;"