SETTLE

Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground

Example: "Dust settled on the roofs"

• settle down

• lay  6
• place  9
• pose  6
• position  10
• put  5
• set  3

• sediment  11

Bring to an end; settle conclusively

Example: "The case was decided"

• adjudicate  21
• decide  10
• resolve  10

• end  4
• terminate  11

• judge  14
• adjust  14

Settle conclusively; come to terms

Example: "We finally settled the argument"

• determine  12
• square off
• square up

• conclude  13
• resolve  10

• clear  7
• solve  8
• concert  11
• clinch  13
• • compromise  18
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Take up residence and become established

Example: "The immigrants settled in the midwest"

• locate  8

• colonise  10
• colonize  19
• resettle  8

Come to terms

Example: "After some discussion we finally made up"

• conciliate  14
• patch up
• reconcile  13

• agree  6
• concord  12
• concur  10
• hold  8

• appease  11
• propitiate  14

Go under

Example: "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

• go down
• go under
• sink  8

• come down
• descend  11
• fall  7
• go down

• settle  6
• subside  10
• founder  11
• submerge  13
• • submerse  12
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Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style

Example: "He finally settled down"

• root  4
• settle down
• steady down
• take root

• stabilise  11
• stabilize  20

• roost  5

Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet

Example: "The roar settled to a thunder"

Establish or develop as a residence

Example: "He settled the farm 200 years ago"

Come to rest

Arrange or fix in the desired order

Example: "She settled the teacart"

Accept despite lack of complete satisfaction

Example: "We settled for a lower price"

End a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement

Example: "The two parties finally settled"

Dispose of; make a financial settlement

• arrange  8
• fix up

• prorate  9
• pay  8
• square  15
• compensate  16
• • pay  8
  • pay off
  • liquidate  19
  • clean up
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Become clear by the sinking of particles

Example: "The liquid gradually settled"

Cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)

Sink down or precipitate

Example: "The mud subsides when the waters become calm"

• subside  10

Fix firmly

Example: "He ensconced himself in the chair"

• ensconce  12

Get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury

Example: "I finally settled with my old enemy"

• get back

Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form

Example: "Let's finalize the proposal"

• finalise  11
• finalize  20
• nail down

Form a community

Example: "The swedes settled in minnesota"

• homestead  15

Come as if by falling

Example: "Night fell"

• descend  11
• fall  7