settle

Noun

• a long wooden bench with a back

Verb

• come as if by falling
  • Night fell
    
  • Silence fell
    

• form a community
  • The Swedes settled in Minnesota
    

• make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
  • let's finalize the proposal
    

• get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
  • I finally settled with my old enemy
    

• fix firmly
  • He ensconced himself in the chair
    

• sink down or precipitate
  • the mud subsides when the waters become calm
    

• cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)

• become clear by the sinking of particles
  • the liquid gradually settled
    

• dispose of; make a financial settlement

• end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
  • The two parties finally settled
    

• accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
  • We settled for a lower price
    

• arrange or fix in the desired order
  • She settled the teacart
    

• come to rest

• establish or develop as a residence
  • He settled the farm 200 years ago
    
  • This land was settled by Germans
    

• 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 settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
  • He finally settled down
    

• go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

• come to terms
  • After some discussion we finally made up
    

• take up residence and become established
  • The immigrants settled in the Midwest
    

• settle conclusively; come to terms
  • We finally settled the argument
    

• 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
    

• settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
  • dust settled on the roofs
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  settee , fall , descend , finalize , finalise , nail down , get back , ensconce , subside , root , take root , steady down , settle down , sink , go down , go under , reconcile , patch up , make up , conciliate , locate , square off , square up , determine , decide , resolve , adjudicate
• Antonyms: 
  float , swim