Dictionary entry

Subsidence

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

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Definition

subside /sǝb'saÇd/ v ၁။ စဲသည္။ ေလ်ာ့က်သြားသည္။ သက္သာသည္။ The storm began to subside. ❍ I took some aspirin and the pain gradually subsided. ❍ He waited until the applause/laughter had subsided. ❍ The audience subsided into an expectant hush. ၂။ က်သည္။ The flood waters gradually subsided. ၃။ နိမ့္ဝင္သည္။ ကြၽံဝင္သြား သည္။ ၄။ နစ္သည္။ ျမဳပ္သည္။ Weak foundations caused the house to subside. ၅။ ( infml joc ) ထိုင္ခ်လိုက္သည္။ subsiding into an armchair. ❏ subsidence /sǝb'saÇdns, 'sʌbsÇdns/ n [U, C] ကြၽံဝင္ျခင္း။ ကြၽံျခင္း။ a building damaged by subsidence ❍ The railway line was closed because of (a) subsidence.

Examples

  1. The pain should subside in an hour or two.
  2. By morning the storm had subsided.