Definition of settles Settles
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NounPlural: settles |
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| settle - a long wooden bench with a back | ||
| settee | ||
| bench a long seat for more than one person | ||
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| settle - take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" | ||
| locate | ||
| colonise, colonize settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast" | ||
| resettle settle in a new place; "The immigrants had to resettle" | ||
| settle - settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument" | ||
| square off, square up, determine | ||
| conclude, resolve bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting" | ||
| solve, clear find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" | ||
| concert settle by agreement; "concert one's differences" | ||
| clinch settle conclusively; "clinch a deal" | ||
| compromise settle by concession | ||
| settle - dispose of; make a financial settlement | ||
| fix up, arrange find (something or someone) for; "I'll fix you up with a nice girl" | ||
| prorate divide or assess proportionally; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month" | ||
| pay bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later" | ||
| square make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file" | ||
| compensate, pay off, make up, pay make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated" | ||
| liquidate settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company" | ||
| clean up make oneself clean, presentable or neat; "Clean up before you go to the party" | ||
| settle - form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota" | ||
| migrate, transmigrate move from one country or region to another and settle there; "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries" | ||
| homestead settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead | ||
| settle - end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled" | ||
| concur, concord, agree, hold happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" | ||
| settle - cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids) | ||
| sink descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" | ||
| settle - become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down" | ||
| root, take root, steady down, settle down | ||
| stabilise, stabilize make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices" | ||
| roost settle down or stay, as if on a roost | ||
| settle - accept despite lack of complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price" | ||
| consent, go for, accept tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies" | ||
| settle - become clear by the sinking of particles; "the liquid gradually settled" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| settle - come to rest | ||
| halt, stop cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses" | ||
| settle - settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs" | ||
| settle down | ||
| position, lay, pose, put, place, set cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | ||
| sediment settle as sediment | ||
| 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" | ||
| become, go, get enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" | ||
| settle - get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy" | ||
| get back | ||
| fight, struggle, contend fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" | ||
| settle - arrange or fix in the desired order; "She settled the teacart" | ||
| arrange, set up arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times" | ||
| settle - 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" | ||
| decide, resolve, adjudicate | ||
| end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| judge determine the result of (a competition) | ||
| adjust adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" | ||
| settle - go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" | ||
| sink, go down, go under | ||
| swim, float move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives" | ||
| descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" | ||
| sink in, filter, permeate, percolate remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" | ||
| subside, settle wear off or die down; "The pain subsided" | ||
| sink descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair" | ||
| founder stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered" | ||
| submerse, submerge cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech" | ||
| settle - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" | ||
| reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate | ||
| concur, concord, agree, hold happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided" | ||
| propitiate, appease make peace with | ||
| make peace end hostilities; "The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace" | ||
| settle - make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal" | ||
| finalize, finalise, nail down | ||
| end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| settle on, fixate become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon" | ||
| settle - sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" | ||
| subside | ||
| go under, go down, sink, settle be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too" | ||
| settle - come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" | ||
| fall, descend | ||
| come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" | ||
| fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work" | ||
| settle - fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" | ||
| ensconce | ||
| position, lay, pose, put, place, set cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | ||
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Wiktionary 
- settle (Noun)
A seat of any kind. - settle (Noun)
A long bench, often with a high back and arms, with storage space underneath for linen. - settle (Noun)
A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. - settle (Verb)
To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like. - settle (Verb)
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. - settle (Verb)
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose. - settle (Verb)
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. - settle (Verb)
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. - settle (Verb)
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. - settle (Verb)
To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from uncertainty 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. - settle (Verb)
To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel. - settle (Verb)
To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account. - settle (Verb)
To pay; as, to settle a bill. --Abbott. - settle (Verb)
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620. - settle (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. - settle (Verb)
To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain. - settle (Verb)
To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder. - settle (Verb)
To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law. - settle (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. - settle (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. - settle (Verb)
To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir. - settle (Verb)
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc. - settle (Verb)
To become calm; to cease from agitation. - settle (Verb)
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors. - settle (Verb)
To make a jointure for a wife.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- settle (n.)
A seat of any kind. - settle (n.)
A bench; especially, a bench with a high back. - settle (n.)
A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. - settle (n.)
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. - settle (n.)
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. - settle (n.)
To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose. - settle (n.)
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. - settle (n.)
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. - settle (n.)
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. - settle (n.)
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. - settle (n.)
To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel. - settle (n.)
To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account. - settle (n.)
Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. - settle (n.)
To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620. - settle (v. i.)
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. - settle (v. i.)
To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain. - settle (v. i.)
To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder. - settle (v. i.)
To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law. - settle (v. i.)
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. - settle (v. i.)
To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing. - settle (v. i.)
To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir. - settle (v. i.)
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc. - settle (v. i.)
To become calm; to cease from agitation. - settle (v. i.)
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors. - settle (v. i.)
To make a jointure for a wife.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To cause a boat to go down in the water. -
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To have permanent residence. -
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To bring to an end; to settle conclusively. -
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To bring to an agreement. -
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To come to an agreement or settlement of a dispute or argument, to attempt to sort something out between parties or to settle a case, to finish animosities.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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settle
set′l, v.t. to set or place in a fixed state: to fix: to establish in a situation or business: to render quiet, clear, &c.: to decide: to free from uncertainty: to quiet: to compose: to fix by gift or legal act: to adjust: to liquidate or pay: to colonise.—v.i. to become fixed or stationary: to fix one's residence or habits of life (often with down): to grow calm or clear: to sink by its own weight: to sink to the bottom: to cease from agitation.—adj. Sett′led, fixed, firmly seated or decided: quiet, sober.—ns. Sett′ledness; Sett′lement, act of settling: state of being settled: payment: arrangement: a colony newly settled: a subsidence or sinking of a wall, &c.: a sum newly settled on a woman at her marriage; Sett′ler, one who settles: a colonist; Sett′ling, the act of making a settlement: the act of subsiding: the adjustment of differences: sediment: dregs; Sett′ling-day, a date fixed by the Stock Exchange for the completion of transactions—in consols, once a month; in all other stocks, twice a month, each settlement occupying three days (contango-day, name-day, and pay-day). [A.S. setlan, to fix—setl, a seat.] -
settle
set′l, v.t. to decide, conclude: to fix, appoint: regulate: to pay, balance: to restore to good order.—v.i. to adjust differences or accounts: to meet one's pecuniary obligations fully. [A.S. sahtlian, to reconcile, saht, reconciliation—sacan, to contend. Confused in both form and meaning with the preceding.] -
settle
set′l, n. a long high-backed bench for sitting on: (B.) also, a platform lower than another part.—n. Sett′le-bed, a bed which is folded or shut up so as to form a seat by day. [A.S. setl—sittan, to sit; Ger. sessel.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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Now termed the stern-sheets [derived from the Anglo-Saxon settl, a seat].--To settle. To lower; also to sink, as "the deck has settled;" "we settled the land." (See LAYING.) "Settle the main top-sail halliards," i.e. ease them off a little, so as to lower the yard, as on shaking out a reef.
