Definition of Settle

Noun

• a long wooden bench with a back
  settee

Verb

• come as if by falling
  "Night fell"
  "Silence fell"
  fall descend
• form a community
  "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
  
• make final
  put the last touches on
  put into final form
  "let's finalize the proposal"
  finalize finalise - nail down
• get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
  "I finally settled with my old enemy"
  - get back
• fix firmly
  "He ensconced himself in the chair"
  ensconce
• sink down or precipitate
  "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
  subside
• 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"
  root - take root - steady down - settle down
• go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
  sink - go down - go under
• come to terms
  "After some discussion we finally made up"
  reconcile - patch up - make up conciliate
• take up residence and become established
  "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
  locate
• settle conclusively
  come to terms
  "We finally settled the argument"
  - square off - square up determine
• 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"
  decide resolve adjudicate
• settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
  "dust settled on the roofs"
  - settle down

Word games points for the Settle

• Scrabble® score of the settle (6)
• Word Chums® score of the settle (7)
• Words With Friends® score of the settle (7)

Unscramble settle

51 unscramble word found using the letters settle.

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