settle

Definitions

1. 1noun

   A seat of any kind.

2. 2noun

   A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.

3. 3noun

   A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.

4. 4noun

   To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.

5. 5noun

   To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.

6. 6noun

   To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.

7. 7noun

   To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.

8. 8noun

   To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads.

9. 9noun

   To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.

10. 10noun

    To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.

11. 11noun

    To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.

12. 12noun

    To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.

13. 13noun

    Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill.

14. 14noun

    To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.

15. 15intransitive verb

    To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.

16. 16intransitive verb

    To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.

17. 17intransitive verb

    To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.

18. 18intransitive verb

    To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.

19. 19intransitive verb

    To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.

20. 20intransitive verb

    To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.

21. 21intransitive verb

    To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.

22. 22intransitive verb

    To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.

23. 23intransitive verb

    To become calm; to cease from agitation.

24. 24intransitive verb

    To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.

25. 25intransitive verb

    To make a jointure for a wife.

26. 26noun

    a long wooden bench with a back

    Synonyms

    settee
27. 27verb

    come as if by falling

    "Night fell"

    "Silence fell"

    Synonyms

    descendfall
28. 28verb

    take up residence and become established

    "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

    Synonyms

    locate
29. 29verb

    form a community

    "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"

30. 30verb

    become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

    "He finally settled down"

    Synonyms

    root
31. 31verb

    make final; put the last touches on; put into final form

    "let's finalize the proposal"

    Synonyms

    finalize
32. 32verb

    establish or develop as a residence

    "He settled the farm 200 years ago"

    "This land was settled by Germans"

33. 33verb

    become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet

    "The roar settled to a thunder"

    "The wind settled in the West"

34. 34verb

    bring to an end; settle conclusively

    "The case was decided"

    "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"

    Synonyms

    adjudicatedecideresolve
35. 35verb

    settle conclusively; come to terms

    "We finally settled the argument"

    Synonyms

    determine
36. 36verb

    end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement

    "The two parties finally settled"

37. 37verb

    come to terms

    "After some discussion we finally made up"

    Synonyms

    conciliatereconcile
38. 38verb

    accept despite lack of complete satisfaction

    "We settled for a lower price"

39. 39verb

    get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury

    "I finally settled with my old enemy"

40. 40verb

    arrange or fix in the desired order

    "She settled the teacart"

41. 41verb

    fix firmly

    "He ensconced himself in the chair"

    Synonyms

    ensconce
42. 42verb

    sink down or precipitate

    "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"

    Synonyms

    subside
43. 43verb

    cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)

44. 44verb

    become clear by the sinking of particles

    "the liquid gradually settled"

45. 45verb

    come to rest

46. 46verb

    settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground

    "dust settled on the roofs"

47. 47verb

    go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

    Synonyms

    sink
48. 48verb

    dispose of; make a financial settlement