1. (verb)settle, settee a long wooden bench with a back
2. (verb)settle, settle down settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground "dust settled on the roofs"
3. (verb)decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate bring to an end; settle conclusively "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
4. (verb)settle, square off, square up, determine settle conclusively; come to terms "We finally settled the argument"
5. (verb)settle, locate take up residence and become established "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
6. (verb)reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle come to terms "After some discussion we finally made up"
7. (verb)sink, settle, go down, go under go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
8. (verb)settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down become settled or established and stable in one's residence or lifestyle "He finally settled down"
9. (verb)settle become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy"
10. (verb)settle establish or develop as a residence "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans"
4. (noun)settle 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. (noun)settle 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. (noun)settle to cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose
8. (noun)settle to restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clearweather settles the roads
10. (noun)settle 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. (noun)settle to adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel
12. (noun)settle to adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account
13. (noun)settle hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill
14. (noun)settle to plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the Frenchfirst settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620
15. (verb)settle 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. (verb)settle to fix one's residence; to establish a dwellingplace or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain
18. (verb)settle to be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law
19. (verb)settle to become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frosthave disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring
20. (verb)settle 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. (verb)settle to sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir
22. (verb)settle to sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc
23. (verb)settle to become calm; to cease from agitation
24. (verb)settle to adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors
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