settle
41settle — I. verb (settled; settling) Etymology: Middle English, to seat, bring to rest, come to rest, from Old English setlan, from setl seat Date: 1515 transitive verb 1. to place so as to stay 2. a. to establish in residence b. to furnish with… …
42settle in — phrasal verb Word forms settle in : present tense I/you/we/they settle in he/she/it settles in present participle settling in past tense settled in past participle settled in 1) [intransitive/transitive] to become familiar with a new way of life …
43settle — A word of equivocal meaning; meaning different things in different connections, and the particular sense in which it is used may be explained by the context or the circumstances. Accordingly, the term may be employed as meaning to agree, to… …
44settle in — phr verb Settle in is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑dusk, ↑immigrant Settle in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑chair, ↑stomach …
45settle on — phr verb Settle on is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑eye Settle on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑chair, ↑sofa …
46Settle — Original name in latin Settle Name in other language Settle State code GB Continent/City Europe/London longitude 54.06865 latitude 2.2772 altitude 158 Population 3702 Date 2011 03 03 …
47settle — [OE] Although now far less common, the noun settle ‘bench’ is older than the verb, and indeed was the source of it. It evolved (along with German sessel) from a prehistoric Germanic *setlaz, which was derived from the same base that produced… …
48settle up — PHRASAL VERB When you settle up, you pay a bill or a debt. [V P] When we approached the till to settle up, he reduced our bill by 50 per cent …
49settle — verb 1) they settled the dispute Syn: resolve, sort out, clear up, end, fix, work out, iron out, set right, reconcile; informal patch up 2) she settled her affairs Syn: put in order …
50settle — To take up residence in a place. To arrange or put in order. To pay a bill or account. To adjust differences; to eliminate controversy. To make a determination. To establish title or estate in a person. When used with relation to pending… …
