1. (noun)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"
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