Definisjon av settle

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Noun

settle - a long wooden bench with a back
settee
bench a long seat for more than one person

Verb

settle - take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
locate
colonise, colonize settle as colonists or establish a colony (in); "The British colonized the East Coast"
resettle settle in a new place; "The immigrants had to resettle"
settle - settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument"
square off, square up, determine
conclude, resolve bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"
solve, clear find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"
concert settle by agreement; "concert one's differences"
clinch settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"
compromise settle by concession
settle - dispose of; make a financial settlement
fix up, arrange find (something or someone) for; "I'll fix you up with a nice girl"
prorate divide or assess proportionally; "The rent was prorated for the rest of the month"
pay bear (a cost or penalty), in recompense for some action; "You'll pay for this!"; "She had to pay the penalty for speaking out rashly"; "You'll pay for this opinion later"
square make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
compensate, pay off, make up, pay make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated"
liquidate settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off; "liquidate a company"
clean up make oneself clean, presentable or neat; "Clean up before you go to the party"
settle - form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
migrate, transmigrate move from one country or region to another and settle there; "Many Germans migrated to South America in the mid-19th century"; "This tribe transmigrated many times over the centuries"
homestead settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead
settle - end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled"
concur, concord, agree, hold happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided"
settle - cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
sink descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"
settle - become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
root, take root, steady down, settle down
stabilise, stabilize make stable and keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium; "The drug stabilized her blood pressure"; "stabilize prices"
roost settle down or stay, as if on a roost
settle - accept despite lack of complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price"
consent, go for, accept tolerate or accommodate oneself to; "I shall have to accept these unpleasant working conditions"; "I swallowed the insult"; "She has learned to live with her husband's little idiosyncrasies"
settle - become clear by the sinking of particles; "the liquid gradually settled"
change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"
settle - come to rest
halt, stop cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
settle - settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs"
settle down
position, lay, pose, put, place, set cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
sediment settle as sediment
settle - become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet; "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"
become, go, get enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
settle - get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy"
get back
fight, struggle, contend fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!"
settle - arrange or fix in the desired order; "She settled the teacart"
arrange, set up arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
settle - bring to an end; settle conclusively; "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"
decide, resolve, adjudicate
end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
judge determine the result of (a competition)
adjust adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation"
settle - go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
sink, go down, go under
swim, float move as if gliding through water; "this snake swims through the soil where it lives"
descend, come down, go down, fall move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
sink in, filter, permeate, percolate remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities"
subside, settle wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"
sink descend into or as if into some soft substance or place; "He sank into bed"; "She subsided into the chair"
founder stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
submerse, submerge cover completely or make imperceptible; "I was drowned in work"; "The noise drowned out her speech"
settle - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate
concur, concord, agree, hold happen simultaneously; "The two events coincided"
propitiate, appease make peace with
make peace end hostilities; "The brothers who had been fighting over their inheritance finally made peace"
settle - make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal"
finalize, finalise, nail down
end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
settle on, fixate become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"
settle - sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
subside
go under, go down, sink, settle be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"
settle - come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
fall, descend
come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"
fall pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"
settle - fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair"
ensconce
position, lay, pose, put, place, set cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
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Substantiv

settle - A seat of any kind.
settle - A long bench, often with a high back and arms, with storage space underneath for linen.
settle - A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.

Verb

settle - To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.
settle - To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister.
settle - To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.
settle - To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee.
settle - To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like;as, clear weather settles the roads.
settle - To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it.
settle - To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from uncertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance.
settle - To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.
settle - To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.
settle - To pay; as, to settle a bill. --Abbott.
settle - To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
settle - To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state.
settle - To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.
settle - To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.
settle - To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.
settle - To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring.
settle - To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.
settle - To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
settle - To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.
settle - To become calm; to cease from agitation.
settle - To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.
settle - To make a jointure for a wife.

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  • Settle is a small market town and civil parish within the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England. It is served by the Settle railway station, which is located near the town centre, and Giggleswick railway station which is a mile away. It is 29 miles from Leeds Bradford International Airport.

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  • settle
    To cause a boat to go down in the water.
  • settle
    To have permanent residence.
  • settle
    To bring to an end; to settle conclusively.
  • settle
    To bring to an agreement.
  • settle
    To establish a colony.
  • settle
    To come to an agreement or settlement of a dispute or argument, to attempt to sort something out between parties or to settle a case, to finish animosities.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) settle
  • Presens: settle / settles
  • Preteritum: settled
  • Perfektum: (have) settled

Substantiv

  • Entall: settle
  • Flertall: settles

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