Found 3 items, similar to Settle.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: settle bercokol, cokol, menerangkan, mengendap
English → English (WordNet) Definition: settle settle n : a long wooden bench with a back [syn: settee] settle v 1: settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; “dust settled on the roofs” [syn: settle down] 2: 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” [syn: decide, resolve, adjudicate] 3: settle conclusively; come to terms; “We finally settled the argument” [syn: square off, square up, determine] 4: take up residence and become established; “The immigrants settled in the Midwest” [syn: locate] 5: come to terms; “After some discussion we finally made up” [syn: reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate] 6: go under, “The raft sank and its occupants drowned” [syn: sink, go down, go under] [ant: float] 7: become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; “He finally settled down” [syn: root, take root , steady down, settle down] 8: 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” 9: establish or develop as a residence; “He settled the farm 200 years ago”; “This land was settled by Germans” 10: come to rest 11: become clear by the sinking of particles; “the liquid gradually settled” 12: arrange or fix in the desired order; “She settled the teacart” 13: accept despite complete satisfaction; “We settled for a lower price” 14: end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; “The two parties finally settled” 15: dispose of; make a financial settlement 16: cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids) 17: sink down or precipitate; “the mud subsides when the waters become calm” [syn: subside] 18: fix firmly; “He ensconced himself in the chair” [syn: ensconce] 19: get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; “I finally settled with my old enemy” [syn: get back] 20: make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; “let's finalize the proposal” [syn: finalize, finalise, nail down] 21: form a community; “The Swedes settled in Minnesota” 22: come as if by falling; “Night fell”; “Silence fell” [syn: fall, descend]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Settle Settle \Set"tle\, n. [OE. setel, setil, a seat, AS. setl: akin to OHG. sezzal, G. sessel, Goth. sitls, and E. sit. [root]154. See Sit.] 1. A seat of any kind. [Obs.] “Upon the settle of his majesty” --Hampole. [1913 Webster] 2. A bench; especially, a bench with a high back. [1913 Webster] 3. A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. [1913 Webster] And from the bottom upon the ground, even to the lower settle, shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit. --Ezek. xliii. 14. [1913 Webster] Settle bed, a bed convertible into a seat. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] Settle \Set"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Settled; p. pr. & vb. n. Settling.] [OE. setlen, AS. setlan. [root]154. See Settle, n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE. sahtlen to reconcile, AS. sahtlian, fr. saht reconciliation, sacon to contend, dispute. Cf. Sake.] 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. [1913 Webster] And he settled his countenance steadfastly upon him, until he was ashamed. --2 Kings viii. 11. (Rev. Ver.) [1913 Webster] The father thought the time drew on Of setting in the world his only son. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 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.] [1913 Webster] 3. To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose. [1913 Webster] God settled then the huge whale-bearing lake. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] Hoping that sleep might settle his brains. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful. --Swift. [1913 Webster] 8. To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel. [1913 Webster] 9. To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account. [1913 Webster] 10. Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. [Colloq.] --Abbott. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] To settle on or To settle upon, (a) to confer upon by permanent grant; to assure to. “I . . . have settled upon him a good annuity.” --Addison. (b) to choose; to decide on; -- sometimes with the implication that the choice is not ideal, but the best available. To settle the land (Naut.), to cause it to sink, or appear lower, by receding from it. [1913 Webster] Syn: To fix; establish; regulate; arrange; compose; adjust; determine; decide. [1913 Webster] Settle \Set"tle\, v. i. 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. [1913 Webster] The wind came about and settled in the west. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Chyle . . . runs through all the intermediate colors until it settles in an intense red. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain. [1913 Webster] 3. To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder. [1913 Webster] As people marry now and settle. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 4. To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] A government, on such occasions, is always thick before it settles. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 7. To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir. [1913 Webster] 8. To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc. [1913 Webster] 9. To become calm; to cease from agitation. [1913 Webster] Till the fury of his highness settle, Come not before him. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 10. To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors. [1913 Webster] 11. To make a jointure for a wife. [1913 Webster] He sighs with most success that settles well. --Garth. [1913 Webster]