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settle 
noun
- a long wooden bench with a back
Synonyms: settee
verb
- settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs"
Synonyms: settle down - 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"
Synonyms: adjudicate, decide, resolve - settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument"
Synonyms: determine, square off, square up - take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
Synonyms: locate - come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up"
Synonyms: conciliate, make up, patch up, reconcile - go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
Synonyms: go down, go under, sink Antonyms: float, swim - become settled or established and stable in one''s residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
Synonyms: root, settle down, steady down, take root - 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"
- establish or develop as a residence; "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans"
- come to rest
- become clear by the sinking of particles; "the liquid gradually settled"
- arrange or fix in the desired order; "She settled the teacart"
- accept despite complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price"
- end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled"
- dispose of; make a financial settlement
- cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
- sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
Synonyms: subside - fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair"
Synonyms: ensconce - get one''s revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy"
Synonyms: get back - make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let''s finalize the proposal"
Synonyms: finalise, finalize, nail down - form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
- come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
Synonyms: descend, fall
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