- a long wooden bench with a back

- come as if by falling
"Night fell"
"Silence fell"

- take up residence and become established
"The immigrants settled in the Midwest"

- form a community
"The Swedes settled in Minnesota"

- become settled or established and stable in one''s residence or life style
"He finally settled down"

- make final

- put the last touches on

- put into final form
"let''s finalize the proposal"

- establish or develop as a residence
"He settled the farm 200 years ago"
"This land was settled by Germans"

- 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"

- 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"

- settle conclusively

- come to terms
"We finally settled the argument"

- end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
"The two parties finally settled"

- come to terms
"After some discussion we finally made up"

- accept despite complete satisfaction
"We settled for a lower price"

- get one''s revenge for a wrong or an injury
"I finally settled with my old enemy"

- arrange or fix in the desired order
"She settled the teacart"

- fix firmly
"He ensconced himself in the chair"

- sink down or precipitate
"the mud subsides when the waters become calm"

- cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)

- become clear by the sinking of particles
"the liquid gradually settled"

- come to rest

- settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
"dust settled on the roofs"

- go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

- dispose of

- make a financial settlement

1. A seat of any kind. [Obs.] "Upon the settle of his majesty" Hampole.

2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back.

3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part.

"And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit." -- Ezek. xliii. 14.

Settle bed
a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.]

1. To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like.

"And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him, until he was ashamed." -- 2 Kings viii. 11. (Rev. Ver.)

"The father thought the time drew on Of setting in the world his only son." -- Dryden.

2. 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. [U. S.]

3. To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose.

"God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake." -- Chapman.

"Hoping that sleep might settle his brains." -- Bunyan.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty 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.

"It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful." -- Swift.

8. To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel.

9. To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account.

10. Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.] Abbott.

11. To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.

To settle on
or upon
to confer upon by permanent grant; to assure to. "I . . . have settled upon him a good annuity." Addison.

To settle the land
(Naut.), to cause it to sink, or appear lower, by receding from it.

Syn. -- To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust; determine; decide.

1. 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.

"The wind came about and settled in the west." -- Bacon.

"Chyle . . . runs through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red." -- Arbuthnot.

2. To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain.

3. To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder.

"As people marry now and settle." -- Prior.

4. To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law.

5. 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.

6. To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing.

"A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles." -- Addison.

7. To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir.

8. To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc.

9. To become calm; to cease from agitation.

"Till the fury of his highness settle, Come not before him." -- Shak.

10. To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors.

11. To make a jointure for a wife.

"He sighs with most success that settles well." -- Garth.