settled
se tuhld
- v settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
dust settled on the roofs - v bring to an end; settle conclusively
- v settle conclusively; come to terms
We finally settled the argument - v take up residence and become established
The immigrants settled in the Midwest - v come to terms
- v go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
- v become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
He finally settled down - v become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
The roar settled to a thunder
The wind settled in the West
A cough settled in her chest
Her mood settled into lethargy - v establish or develop as a residence
He settled the farm 200 years ago
This land was settled by Germans - v come to rest
- v arrange or fix in the desired order
She settled the teacart - v accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
We settled for a lower price - v end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
The two parties finally settled - v dispose of; make a financial settlement
- v become clear by the sinking of particles
the liquid gradually settled - v cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
- v sink down or precipitate
- v fix firmly
- v get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
I finally settled with my old enemy - v make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
- v form a community
The Swedes settled in Minnesota - v come as if by falling
- a established or decided beyond dispute or doubt
with details of the wedding settled she could now sleep at night - a established in a desired position or place; not moving about
nomads...absorbed among the settled people
settled areas
I don't feel entirely settled here
the advent of settled civilization - s inhabited by colonists
- s not changeable
a period of settled weather
- Of the eleven cases in which injunctions came down, five were settled during the 80 days, two were settled eight days later without a post-injunction walkout.
- Before the service began, as the congregation settled into the pews of the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, known as the Mission Church, you had the sense of stories being .
- He would, he says, have settled for nothing in cash if he just could have got a public apology.