To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle; as lees.

To fall into a state of quiet; to cease to rage; to be calmed; to become tranquil. Let the passions subside. The tumults of war will subside. Christ commanded, and the storm subsided.

To tend downwards; to sink; as a subsiding hill. The land subsides into a plain.

To abate; to be reduced. In cases of danger, pride and envy naturally subside.