Definitions for subdue
Overview of verb subdue
The verb subdue has 6 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
(put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land")
2. (2) suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
(to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires")
3. mortify, subdue, crucify
(hold within limits and control; "subdue one's appetites"; "mortify the flesh")
4. overcome, get over, subdue, surmount, master
(get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness")
5. subordinate, subdue
(make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler")
6. tame, chasten, subdue
(correct by punishment or discipline)
