0 If a condition subsides, it becomes less strong or extreme: --
1 If a building, land, or water subsides, it goes down to a lower level: --
2 (of a condition) to become less strong, or (of an activity or disagreement) to become less violent: --
3 (of a building, area of land, or level of water) to go down to a lower level: --
Conjunctival injection usually subsides within one week, but rarely continues for more than several weeks.
Calcium microinjection in both cases caused a local increase at the site of injection that subsided gradually as the injected calcium was sequestered.
The discomfort or pain usually subsides immediately following illumination.
In order to maintain this elevation, the central part of the basin must have been filled very rapidly as it subsided.
His firm response resulted in religious conflict subsiding remarkably quickly.
After the initial heydays in the 1980s and early 1990s, the interest in qualitative simulation has subsided a bit.
In a storm one night the lights went out and when the gale subsided the ship had vanished.
The south and west sides subsided more than the east.
