settle /setˈl/

1. A long high-backed bench
2. A ledge (Bible)

1. To place in a stable, secure, restful or comfortable situation
2. To adjust
3. To lower
4. To compact, cause to subside
5. To regulate
6. To fix, arrange
7. To establish, set up, or install (eg in residence, business, marriage, a parish)
8. To colonize
9. To make clear
10. To determine
11. To decide
12. To put beyond doubt or dispute
13. To restore to good order
14. To quiet
15. To compose
16. To secure by gift or legal act
17. To create successive interests in, use or income going to one person while the corpus of the property remains another's
18. To make final payment of
19. To dispose of, put out of action, stun, kill

1. To alight
2. To come to rest
3. To subside
4. To sink to the bottom (or form a scum)
5. To dispose oneself
6. To take up permanent abode
7. To become stable
8. To fix one's habits (often with down)
9. To grow calm or clear
10. To come to a decision or agreement
11. To adjust differences
12. To settle accounts (often with up)

settˈleable adjective

settˈled adjective

settˈledness noun

settˈlement noun

1. An act of settling
2. The state of being settled
3. Payment
4. Arrangement
5. The placing of a religious minister in a parish
6. A subsidence or sinking
7. A settled colony
8. A local community
9. An establishment of social workers aiming at benefit to the surrounding population
10. A settling of property, an instrument by which it is settled, or the property settled, esp a marriage-settlement
11. Residence in a parish or other claim for poor relief in case of becoming destitute

settˈler noun

1. Someone who settles
2. A colonist
3. A decisive blow, argument, etc

settˈling noun

settˈlor noun (law)

A person who settles property on another

settˈle-bed noun

A settle that may be converted to a bed

settler's clock noun (Aust)

A name formerly used for the kookaburra

settling day noun

A date fixed by the Stock Exchange for completion of transactions

settling pond noun

An artificial pond into which water containing effluent from a mine, etc is discharged and in which harmful sediment is deposited

settle for

To agree to accept (usu as a compromise)

settle in

1. To adapt to a new environment
2. To prepare to remain indoors for the night

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