verb Download 🔗Share To conclude or resolve (something): Examples : "The teacher is settling the argument between the two students. " outcome business law action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something). Examples : "to settle her estate" action process situation business mind Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated. Examples : "the weather settled; wait until the crowd settles before speaking" mind emotion attitude Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To establish or become established in a steady position: Examples : "The family finally settled into their new house after a long move. " position place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.) Examples : "the Saxons who settled in Britain" place property family society history geography environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place). Examples : "The government is settling refugees in new towns to help them start a new life. " nation government history society place Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact. Examples : "After stirring the muddy water, we waited for the dirt to start settling at the bottom of the glass. " environment geology chemistry physics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make a jointure for a spouse. Examples : "Before their marriage, the wealthy landowner began the process of settling a portion of his estate on his future wife to provide for her financial security. " family property law Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share (of an animal) To make or become pregnant. Examples : "The farmer was happy to see that his cow was settling after being with the bull. " animal biology physiology sex Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc. Examples : "The slow settling of dust after the construction made it hard to breathe. " area environment history organization property society business Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The reckoning or settlement of accounts. Examples : "The quarterly settling revealed a small discrepancy between the recorded sales and the actual cash on hand. " finance business economy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (usually in the plural) Dregs; sediment. Examples : "After brewing the coffee, the settlings were at the bottom of the pot. " substance material chemistry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading