'Settle' definitions:

Definition of 'settle'

(from WordNet)
noun
A long wooden bench with a back [syn: settle, settee]
verb
Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs" [syn: settle, settle down]
verb
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" [syn: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate]
verb
Settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument" [syn: settle, square off, square up, determine]
verb
Take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" [syn: settle, locate]
verb
Come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" [syn: reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle]
verb
Go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" [syn: sink, settle, go down, go under] [ant: float, swim]
verb
Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down" [syn: settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down]
verb
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"
verb
Establish or develop as a residence; "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans"
verb
Come to rest
verb
Arrange or fix in the desired order; "She settled the teacart"
verb
Accept despite lack of complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price"
verb
End a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled"
verb
Dispose of; make a financial settlement
verb
Become clear by the sinking of particles; "the liquid gradually settled"
verb
Cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
verb
Sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm" [syn: subside, settle]
verb
Fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" [syn: ensconce, settle]
verb
Get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy" [syn: settle, get back]
verb
Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal" [syn: finalize, finalise, settle, nail down]
verb
Form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
verb
Come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell" [syn: fall, descend, settle]

Definition of 'Settle'

From: GCIDE
  • Settle \Set"tle\, n. [OE. setel, setil, a seat, AS. setl: akin to OHG. sezzal, G. sessel, Goth. sitls, and E. sit. [root]154. See Sit.]
  • 1. A seat of any kind. [Obs.] "Upon the settle of his majesty" --Hampole. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. [1913 Webster]
  • And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit. --Ezek. xliii. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • Settle bed, a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Settle'

From: GCIDE
  • Settle \Set"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Settled; p. pr. & vb. n. Settling.] [OE. setlen, AS. setlan. [root]154. See Settle, n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE. sahtlen to reconcile, AS. sahtlian, fr. saht reconciliation, sacon to contend, dispute. Cf. Sake.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him, until he was ashamed. --2 Kings viii. 11. (Rev. Ver.) [1913 Webster]
  • The father thought the time drew on Of setting in the world his only son. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose. [1913 Webster]
  • God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • Hoping that sleep might settle his brains. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.] --Abbott. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620. [1913 Webster]
  • To settle on or To settle upon, (a) to confer upon by permanent grant; to assure to. "I . . . have settled upon him a good annuity." --Addison. (b) to choose; to decide on; -- sometimes with the implication that the choice is not ideal, but the best available.
  • To settle the land (Naut.), to cause it to sink, or appear lower, by receding from it. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust; determine; decide. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Settle'

From: GCIDE
  • Settle \Set"tle\, v. i.
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • The wind came about and settled in the west. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • Chyle . . . runs through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder. [1913 Webster]
  • As people marry now and settle. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing. [1913 Webster]
  • A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. To become calm; to cease from agitation. [1913 Webster]
  • Till the fury of his highness settle, Come not before him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. To make a jointure for a wife. [1913 Webster]
  • He sighs with most success that settles well. --Garth. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'settle'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Settle'