subside

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to subside (third-person singular simple present subsides, present participle subsiding, simple past and past participle subsided)

1. To sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
2. To tend downward; to become lower; to descend; to sink.
3. 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.

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