ENGLISH: settle - CREOLE: etabli



Overview of noun settle



The noun settle has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. settle, settee -- (a long wooden bench with a back)



Overview of verb settle



The verb settle has 22 senses (first 14 from tagged texts)



1. (17) settle, settle down -- (settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs")

2. (11) 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")

3. (8) settle, square off, square up, determine -- (settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument")

4. (7) settle, locate -- (take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest")

5. (5) reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle -- (come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up")

6. (4) sink, settle, go down, go under -- (go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned")

7. (3) settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down -- (become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down")

8. (2) 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")

9. (2) settle -- (establish or develop as a residence; "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans")

10. (1) settle -- (come to rest)

11. (1) settle -- (become clear by the sinking of particles; "the liquid gradually settled")

12. (1) settle -- (arrange or fix in the desired order; "She settled the teacart")

13. (1) settle -- (accept despite complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price")

14. (1) settle -- (end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled")

15. settle -- (dispose of; make a financial settlement)

16. settle -- (cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids))

17. subside, settle -- (sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm")

18. ensconce, settle -- (fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair")

19. settle, get back -- (get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy")

20. finalize, finalise, settle, nail down -- (make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal")

21. settle -- (form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota")

22. fall, descend, settle -- (come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell")

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