SETTLE
/ˈsɛtəl/ ► audio Scrabble 6 Words With Friends 7
Definition
- noun a long wooden bench with a back.
— synonyms: settee
- verb settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground.
— synonyms: settle_down
- verb bring to an end.
— synonyms: decide, resolve, adjudicate
- verb settle conclusively.
— synonyms: square_off, square_up, determine
- verb take up residence and become established.
— synonyms: locate
- verb come to terms.
— synonyms: reconcile, patch_up, make_up, conciliate
- verb go under.
— synonyms: sink, go_down, go_under
- verb become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style.
— synonyms: root, take_root, steady_down, settle_down
- verb become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet.
- verb establish or develop as a residence.
- verb come to rest.
- verb arrange or fix in the desired order.
- verb accept despite lack of complete satisfaction.
- verb end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement.
- verb dispose of.
- verb become clear by the sinking of particles.
- verb cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids).
- verb sink down or precipitate.
— synonyms: subside
- verb fix firmly.
— synonyms: ensconce
- verb get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury.
— synonyms: get_back
- verb make final.
— synonyms: finalize, finalise, nail_down
- verb form a community.
- verb come as if by falling.
— synonyms: fall, descend
Examples
- “to settle her estate”
- “the weather settled; wait until the crowd settles before speaking”
- “the Saxons who settled in Britain”
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