settle
noun
1. a long wooden bench with a back
Similar word(s): settee
Definition categories: man–made, bench
verb
1. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
- dust settled on the roofs
Definition categories: motion, lay, place, pose, position, put, set
2. bring to an end; settle conclusively
Similar word(s): adjudicate, decide, resolve
Definition categories: cognition, end, terminate
3. settle conclusively; come to terms
- We finally settled the argument
Similar word(s): determine
Definition categories: communication, conclude, resolve
4. take up residence and become established
- The immigrants settled in the Midwest
Similar word(s): locate
Definition categories: change
5. come to terms
Similar word(s): conciliate, reconcile
Definition categories: communication, agree, concord, concur, hold
6. go under
Similar word(s): sink
Definition categories: motion, descend, fall
7. become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- He finally settled down
Similar word(s): root
Definition categories: change, stabilise, stabilize
8. become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
- The roar settled to a thunder
- The wind settled in the West
- A cough settled in her chest
Definition categories: change, become, get, go
9. establish or develop as a residence
- He settled the farm 200 years ago
- This land was settled by Germans
Definition categories: change, develop
10. come to rest
Definition categories: motion, halt, stop
11. arrange or fix in the desired order
- She settled the teacart
Definition categories: contact, arrange
12. accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
- We settled for a lower price
Definition categories: communication, accept, consent
13. end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
- The two parties finally settled
Definition categories: communication, agree, concord, concur, hold
14. dispose of; make a financial settlement
Definition categories: possession, arrange
15. become clear by the sinking of particles
- the liquid gradually settled
Definition categories: motion, change
16. cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
Definition categories: motion, sink
17. sink down or precipitate
Similar word(s): subside
Definition categories: motion, settle, sink
18. fix firmly
Similar word(s): ensconce
Definition categories: contact, lay, place, pose, position, put, set
19. get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
- I finally settled with my old enemy
Definition categories: competition, contend, fight, struggle
20. make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
Similar word(s): finalise, finalize
Definition categories: change, end, terminate
21. form a community
- The Swedes settled in Minnesota
Definition categories: change
22. come as if by falling
Similar word(s): descend, fall
Definition categories: change, come
Sentences with settle as a verb:
- to settle a minister
- to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee
- clear weather settles the roads
- to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it
- to settle the mind when agitated;
- to settle a quarrel
- to settle an account
- the French first settled Canada;
- the Saxons who settled in Britain
- to settle in the practice of law
- the roads settled late in the spring.
- the weather settled;
- He has settled with his creditors.