Definition: a long wooden bench with a back
Main entry: descend, settle, fall
Definition: come as if by falling
Usage: Night fell; Silence fell
Definition: take up residence and become established
Usage: The immigrants settled in the Midwest
Main entry: settle
Definition: form a community
Usage: The Swedes settled in Minnesota
Main entry: settle, settle down, root, take root, steady down
Definition: become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
Usage: He finally settled down
Main entry: finalise, finalize, settle, nail down
Definition: make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
Usage: let's finalize the proposal
Main entry: settle
Definition: establish or develop as a residence
Usage: He settled the farm 200 years ago; This land was settled by Germans
Main entry: settle
Definition: become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
Usage: 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
Main entry: settle, decide, adjudicate, resolve
Definition: bring to an end; settle conclusively
Usage: 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
Main entry: square off, square up, settle, determine
Definition: settle conclusively; come to terms
Usage: We finally settled the argument
Main entry: settle
Definition: end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
Usage: The two parties finally settled
Main entry: reconcile, settle, patch up, conciliate, make up
Definition: come to terms
Usage: After some discussion we finally made up
Main entry: settle
Definition: accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
Usage: We settled for a lower price
Definition: get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
Usage: I finally settled with my old enemy
Main entry: settle
Definition: arrange or fix in the desired order
Usage: She settled the teacart
Definition: fix firmly
Usage: He ensconced himself in the chair
Definition: sink down or precipitate
Usage: the mud subsides when the waters become calm
Main entry: settle
Definition: cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
Main entry: settle
Definition: become clear by the sinking of particles
Usage: the liquid gradually settled
Main entry: settle
Definition: come to rest
Main entry: settle, settle down
Definition: settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
Usage: dust settled on the roofs
Main entry: sink, settle, go down, go under
Definition: go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
Main entry: settle
Definition: dispose of; make a financial settlement