settle
Meaning of settle
verb
- To conclude or resolve (something):
- To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
to settle her estate
- To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
the weather settled; wait until the crowd settles before speaking
- To establish or become established in a steady position:
- To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
the Saxons who settled in Britain
- To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
- To sink, or cause (something, or impurities within it) to sink down, especially so as to become clear or compact.
- To make a jointure for a spouse.
- (of an animal) To make or become pregnant.
- A seat of any kind.
- A long bench with a high back and arms, often with chest or storage space underneath.
- A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. (Compare a depression.)
Information about settle
- The plural form of settle is: settles.
- Languages in which settle is used:
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Hyphenation of settle
set-tle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- settle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
settle synonyms
Meaning settee:
Meaning decide:
Meaning square off:
Meaning locate:
Meaning reconcile:
Meaning sink:
Meaning root:
Meaning subside:
Meaning ensconce:
Meaning finalize:
Meaning fall:
Meaning :
adjust, arrange, compose, establish, fix, regulate
settle antonyms
Meaning :
remove, agitate, disturb, wander
Translation of settle
- French: couler, saborder, vivre, habiter, résider, arrêter, décider, résoudre, concilier, coloniser
- Italian: affondare, inabissare, vivere, abitare, alloggiare, risiedere, risolvere, stabilire, arrangiarsi, colonizzare, sistemare, appianare
- German: versenken, leben, wohnen, beschließen, übereinkommen, kolonisieren, ausmachen, austragen, klären
- Portuguese: afundar, viver, morar, decidir, resolver, conciliar, colonizar
- Spanish: hundir, sumergir, sumir, vivir, ocupar, habitar, morar, residir, resolver, decidir, solucionar, acordar, reconciliar, conciliar, colonizar
Anagrams of settle
Words that rhyme with settle
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