What is the meaning of settling?

noun

• A gradual sinking to a lower level.
  • synonyms: subsiding, subsidence

verb

• Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground.
  • usage: "dust settled on the roofs"
  • synonyms: settle, settle down
• Bring to an end; settle conclusively.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
• Settle conclusively; come to terms.
  • usage: "We finally settled the argument"
  • synonyms: settle, square off, square up, determine
• Take up residence and become established.
  • usage: "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
  • synonyms: settle, locate
• Come to terms.
  • usage: "After some discussion we finally made up"
  • synonyms: reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
• (v.) ()
  • synonyms: sink, settle, go down, go under
• Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style.
  • usage: "He finally settled down"
  • synonyms: settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down
• Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: settle
• Establish or develop as a residence.
  • usage: "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans"
  • synonyms: settle
• Come to rest.
  • synonyms: settle
• Arrange or fix in the desired order.
  • usage: "She settled the teacart"
  • synonyms: settle
• Accept despite lack of complete satisfaction.
  • usage: "We settled for a lower price"
  • synonyms: settle
• End a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement.
  • usage: "The two parties finally settled"
  • synonyms: settle
• Dispose of; make a financial settlement.
  • synonyms: settle
• Become clear by the sinking of particles.
  • usage: "the liquid gradually settled"
  • synonyms: settle
• Cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids.
  • synonyms: settle
• Sink down or precipitate.
  • usage: "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
  • synonyms: subside, settle
• Fix firmly.
  • usage: "He ensconced himself in the chair"
  • synonyms: ensconce, settle
• Get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury.
  • usage: "I finally settled with my old enemy"
  • synonyms: settle, get back
• Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form.
  • usage: "let's finalize the proposal"
  • synonyms: finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
• Form a community.
  • usage: "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
  • synonyms: settle
• Come as if by falling.
  • usage: "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
  • synonyms: fall, descend, settle