Subsiding

Definition: Subsiding

Subsiding

Adjective

1. Decreasing in amount or intensity.

Noun

1. A gradual sinking to a lower level.

Date "subsiding" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Subsiding

Synonyms: abating (adj), settling (n), subsidence (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Subsiding

English words defined with "subsiding": Cooling time ♦ Defervescency ♦ Subsidency. (references)

Specialty definitions using "subsiding": Monday fever, Monday morning asthma, Monday syndrome, Monday tightness ♦ onlap ♦ pile bent ♦ roupp of piles. (references)

Etymologies containing "subsiding": subside. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Improvement Techniques of Soft Ground in Subsiding and Lowland Environment (reference) (more book examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Subsiding marsh and man-made canals south of New Orleans. Canals can disrupt water circulation in marsh systems. Credit: America's Coastlines.
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Author	Quotation
Shakespeare	Wait for the season when to cast good counsels upon subsiding passion.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Subsiding" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 87.50% of the time. "Subsiding" is used about 40 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (-ing form)	87.5%	35	58,339
Adjective (general or positive)	10%	4	175,879
Noun (proper)	2.5%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	40	N/A

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "subsiding": slow-subsiding.
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Language		Translations for "subsiding"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		消退 (Abate, Abated, Abating, subside, Subsided). (various references)

Danish		sænkningszone (structure depression, subsiding area), indsynkningsbassin (subsident basin, subsiding basin), faldende vandstand (subsiding water). (various references)

Dutch		subsidentiezone (structure depression, subsiding area), structurele depressie (structure depression, subsiding area), zone van inklinking (structure depression, subsiding area), verzakt gebied (structure depression, subsiding area), verzakking (herniation, prolapsus, settlement, settling, sinking, structure depression, subsidence, subsiding area), vallend water (ebb, ebb tide, falling tide, subsiding water), dalingsbekken (subsident basin, subsiding basin). (various references)

Finnish		vajoamisvyöhyke (structure depression, subsiding area), vajoamavyöhyke (structure depression, subsiding area), laskeuma-allas (subsident basin, subsiding basin). (various references)

French		éboulement. (various references)

German		sinkend (downward, foundering). (various references)

Greek		μειούμενη στάθμη νερού (subsiding water), ζώνη κατάπτωσης (structure depression, subsiding area), ζώνη καθίζησης (structure depression, subsiding area), ζώνη βύθισης (structure depression, subsiding area), λεκάνη καθíζησης (subsident basin, subsiding basin), τεκτονική ταπείνωση (structure depression, subsiding area). (various references)

Italian		zona di sprofondamento (structure depression, subsiding area), zona di depressione (structure depression, subsiding area), zona di cedimento (structure depression, subsiding area), depressione strutturale (structure depression, subsiding area), bacino sussidente (subsident basin, subsiding basin), bacino subsidente (subsident basin, subsiding basin), acqua in decescenza (subsiding water). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		陥入 (collapse, fallingin). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		か�"にゅう (collapse, dovetailing, fallingin, inlaying, insight, penetration, setting in). (various references)

Pig Latin		ubsidingsay

Portuguese		zona de subsidência (structure depression, subsiding area), bacia de subsidência (subsident basin, subsiding basin). (various references)

Scottish		laighe (reclining). (various references)

Spanish		zona de hundimiento (structure depression, subsiding area), cuenca de subsidencia (subsident basin, subsiding basin), cuenca de hundimiento (subsident basin, subsiding basin). (various references)

Swedish		sänkningsområde (structure depression, subsiding area), sänkningsbassäng (subsident basin, subsiding basin). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Subsiding" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: subsiden. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "subsiding" (pronounced subsī"ding)
5	-s ī" d i ng	coinciding, deciding, siding.
4	-ī" d i ng	abiding, biding, chiding, colliding, confiding, deriding, dividing, gliding, guiding, hiding, presiding, providing, residing, riding, sliding, striding, tiding.
3	-d i ng	abounding, acceding, according, adding, affording, aiding, alluding, amending, applauding, apprehending, ascending, astounding, attending, avoiding, awarding, backsliding, balding, banding, bedding, beheading, beholding, bending, bidding, binding, bleeding, blending, blinding, blockading, boarding, bombarding, bonding, bounding, braiding, branding, breading, breeding, brooding, budding, building, cascading, ceding, cheerleading, clouding, codding, coding, colluding, commanding, commending, compounding, comprehending, conceding, concluding, condescending, confounding, contending, cording, corresponding, crowding, crusading, decoding, defending, defrauding, defunding, degrading, deluding, demanding, denuding, depending, descending, disbanding, discarding, disregarding, downgrading, downloading, dreading, eluding, encoding, ending, eroding, evading, exceeding, excluding, expanding, expending, exploding, expounding, extending, extruding, fading, featherbedding, feeding, fending, feuding, Fielding, finding, flooding, folding, forbidding, foreboding, forwarding, founding, freestanding, funding, gadding, gilding, girding, Gladding, goading, Godding, grading, grandstanding, grinding, grounding, guarding, handholding, handing, heading, heeding, heralding, herding, hoarding, holding, hounding, impeding, impending, imploding, inbreeding, including, intending, interceding, intruding, invading, joyriding, kidding, kneading, lading, landholding, landing, lauding, leading, lending, loading, longstanding, madding, marauding, masquerading, masterminding, Melding, mending, minding, misleading, misreading, misspending, misunderstanding, molding, moulding, needing, nodding, nonbinding, nonbuilding, notwithstanding, offending, outbidding, outspending, outstanding, overbuilding, overcrowding, overextending, overfunding, overloading, overriding, overspending, padding, parading, pending, persuading, pervading, pleading, plodding, portending, pounding, preceding, precluding, pretending, proceeding, prodding, proofreading, protruding, pudding, punctuating, raiding, railroading, reading, rebounding, rebuilding, receding, recommending, recording, Redding, Reding, refunding, regarding, relending, reminding, rending, rereading, rescinding, resounding, responding, retarding, retreading, rewarding, ridding, rodding, rounding, safeguarding, sanding, scaffolding, scalding, scolding, seceding, seeding, sending, serenading, shading, shedding, shepherding, shielding, shipbuilding, shredding, shrouding, skateboarding, skidding, sledding, sounding, spearheading, speeding, spellbinding, spending, spreading, stampeding, standing, stranding, succeeding, superseding, surrounding, suspending, tending, threading, trading, transcending, treading, trending, unbending, underfunding, understanding, unending, unfolding, unloading, unwinding, unyielding, upgrading, upholding, upstanding, vending, voiding, wading, warding, wedding, weeding, welding, wending, wielding, Wilding, winding, withholding, withstanding, Wooding, wording, wounding, yielding.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-g-i-i-n-s-s-u"
	-1 letter: disusing.
	-2 letters: busings, bussing, dissing, issuing, sidings, sudsing.
	-3 letters: biding, bindis, busing, dingus, siding.
	-4 letters: bindi, binds, bunds, bungs, dings, dungs, guids, nidus, nisus, signs, sings, sinus, snibs, snubs, snugs, suing, unbid, using.
	-5 letters: bids, bigs, bind, bins, buds, bugs, bund, bung, buns, buss, dibs, digs, ding, dins, diss, dubs, dugs, dung, duns, gibs, gids.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-g-i-i-n-s-s-u"
	+1 letter: disabusing, disbursing.
	+2 letters: subsidising, subsidizing.
	+4 letters: shipbuildings.
	+5 letters: subdistricting.
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Subsiding

Definition: Subsiding

Subsiding

Adjective

Noun

Synonyms: Subsiding

Crosswords: Subsiding

Commercial Usage: Subsiding

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Usage Frequency: Subsiding

Expression: Subsiding

Modern Translation: Subsiding

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Misspellings: Subsiding

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Rhyming with "Subsiding"

Anagrams: Subsiding

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