settle
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
Framework senses
- §1
- bring to an end
- §2
- settle conclusively
- §3
- end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
- §4
- come to terms
- §5
- accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
- §6
- get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
- §7
- arrange or fix in the desired order
- §8
- fix firmly
- §9
- sink down or precipitate
- §10
- cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
- §11
- become clear by the sinking of particles
- §12
- come to rest
- §13
- settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
- §14
- go under, 'The raft sank and its occupants drowned'
- §15
- dispose of
- §16
- come as if by falling
- §17
- take up residence and become established
- §18
- form a community
- §19
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- §20
- make final
- §21
- establish or develop as a residence
- §22
- become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet