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settle
Overview of noun settle
The noun settle has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. settle, settee -- (a long wooden bench with a back)
Overview of verb settle
The verb settle has 22 senses (first 14 from tagged texts)
1. (17) settle, settle down -- (settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs")
2. (11) decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate -- (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")
3. (8) settle, square off, square up, determine -- (settle conclusively; come to terms; "We finally settled the argument")
4. (7) settle, locate -- (take up residence and become established; "The immigrants settled in the Midwest")
5. (5) reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle -- (come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up")
6. (4) sink, settle, go down, go under -- (go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned")
7. (3) settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down -- (become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down")
8. (2) 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")
9. (2) settle -- (establish or develop as a residence; "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans")
10. (1) settle -- (come to rest)
11. (1) settle -- (become clear by the sinking of particles; "the liquid gradually settled")
12. (1) settle -- (arrange or fix in the desired order; "She settled the teacart")
13. (1) settle -- (accept despite complete satisfaction; "We settled for a lower price")
14. (1) settle -- (end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement; "The two parties finally settled")
15. settle -- (dispose of; make a financial settlement)
16. settle -- (cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids))
17. subside, settle -- (sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm")
18. ensconce, settle -- (fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair")
19. settle, get back -- (get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; "I finally settled with my old enemy")
20. finalize, finalise, settle, nail down -- (make final; put the last touches on; put into final form; "let's finalize the proposal")
21. settle -- (form a community; "The Swedes settled in Minnesota")
22. fall, descend, settle -- (come as if by falling; "Night fell"; "Silence fell")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun settle
1 sense of settle
Sense 1
settle, settee
=> bench
=> seat
=> furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
=> furnishing
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun settle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun settle
1 sense of settle
Sense 1
settle, settee
=> bench
Antonyms of noun settle
Member Holonyms of noun settle
Substance Holonyms of noun settle
Part Holonyms of noun settle
Member Meronyms of noun settle
Substance Meronyms of noun settle
Part Meronyms of noun settle
Meronyms of noun settle
Holonyms of noun settle
Attributes of noun settle
Derived Forms of noun settle
1 sense of settle
Sense 1
settle, settee
RELATED TO>(verb) settle#10
=> settle
Domain of noun settle
Domain Terms of noun settle
Familiarity of noun settle
settle used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun settle
1 sense of settle
Sense 1
settle, settee
> bench
=> banquette
=> flat bench
=> park bench
=> penalty box
=> pew, church bench
=> prie-dieu
=> settle, settee
=> window seat
Meronyms of noun settle
1 sense of settle
Sense 1
settle, settee
=> bench
=> seat
HAS PART: seat
HAS PART: upholstery
=> furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
=> furnishing
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun settle
Grep of noun settle
settle
settlement
settlement house
settler
Antonyms of verb settle
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb settle
22 senses of settle
Sense 1
settle, settle down
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Sense 2
decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
settle, square off, square up, determine
=> conclude, resolve
=> agree, hold, concur, concord
Sense 4
settle, locate
Sense 5
reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
=> agree, hold, concur, concord
Sense 6
sink, settle, go down, go under
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 7
settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> change
Sense 8
settle
=> become, go, get
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 9
settle
=> build up, develop
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 10
settle
=> stop, halt
Sense 11
settle
=> change
Sense 12
settle
=> arrange, set up
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Sense 13
settle
=> accept, consent, go for
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Sense 14
settle
=> agree, hold, concur, concord
Sense 15
settle
=> arrange, fix up
=> agree, hold, concur, concord
Sense 16
settle
=> sink
=> move, displace
Sense 17
subside, settle
=> sink, settle, go down, go under
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 18
ensconce, settle
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> move, displace
Sense 19
settle, get back
=> contend, fight, struggle
Sense 20
finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Also See> settle on#1
Sense 21
settle
Sense 22
fall, descend, settle
=> come
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb settle
9 of 22 senses of settle
Sense 1
settle, settle down
=> sediment
Sense 2
decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
=> judge
=> adjust
Sense 3
settle, square off, square up, determine
=> clear, solve
=> concert
=> clinch
=> compromise
Sense 4
settle, locate
=> colonize, colonise
=> resettle
Sense 5
reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
=> propitiate, appease
=> make peace
Sense 6
sink, settle, go down, go under
=> subside, settle
=> founder
=> submerge, submerse
Sense 7
settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down
=> roost
Sense 15
settle
=> prorate
=> pay
=> square
=> pay, pay off, make up, compensate
=> liquidate
=> clean up
Sense 21
settle
=> homestead
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb settle
22 senses of settle
Sense 1
settle, settle down
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sense 2
decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
=> end, terminate
Sense 3
settle, square off, square up, determine
=> conclude, resolve
Sense 4
settle, locate
Sense 5
reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
=> agree, hold, concur, concord
Sense 6
sink, settle, go down, go under
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
Sense 7
settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down
=> stabilize, stabilise
Sense 8
settle
=> become, go, get
Sense 9
settle
=> build up, develop
Sense 10
settle
=> stop, halt
Sense 11
settle
=> change
Sense 12
settle
=> arrange, set up
Sense 13
settle
=> accept, consent, go for
Sense 14
settle
=> agree, hold, concur, concord
Sense 15
settle
=> arrange, fix up
Sense 16
settle
=> sink
Sense 17
subside, settle
=> sink, settle, go down, go under
Sense 18
ensconce, settle
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sense 19
settle, get back
=> contend, fight, struggle
Sense 20
finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
=> end, terminate
Also See> settle on#1
Sense 21
settle
Sense 22
fall, descend, settle
=> come
'Cause To' of verb settle
Derived Forms of verb settle
11 of 22 senses of settle
Sense 2
decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#3
=> settlement
RELATED TO>(noun) settler#2
=> settler
Sense 3
settle, square off, square up, determine
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#3
=> settlement
Sense 4
settle, locate
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#6
=> settlement
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#1
=> colony, settlement
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#4
=> colonization, colonisation, settlement
RELATED TO>(noun) settler#1
=> settler, colonist
Sense 9
settle
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#6
=> settlement
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#1
=> colony, settlement
Sense 10
settle
RELATED TO>(noun) settle#1
=> settle, settee
Sense 13
settle
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#7
=> liquidation, settlement
Sense 14
settle
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#3
=> settlement
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#5
=> settlement, resolution, closure
Sense 15
settle
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#7
=> liquidation, settlement
Sense 16
settle
RELATED TO>(noun) settlings#1
=> dregs, grounds, settlings
Sense 17
subside, settle
RELATED TO>(noun) settlings#1
=> dregs, grounds, settlings
RELATED TO>(noun) settling#1
=> settling, subsiding, subsidence
Sense 21
settle
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#6
=> settlement
RELATED TO>(noun) settlement#1
=> colony, settlement
RELATED TO>(noun) settler#1
=> settler, colonist
Domain of verb settle
Domain Terms of verb settle
Familiarity of verb settle
settle used as a verb is very familiar (polysemy count =22)
Sample Sentences of verb settle
22 senses of settle
Sense 1
settle, settle down
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
settle, square off, square up, determine
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
settle, locate
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 5
reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 6
sink, settle, go down, go under
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 7
settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 8
settle
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 9
settle
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 10
settle
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 11
settle
*> Something ----s
Sense 12
settle
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 13
settle
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 14
settle
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 15
settle
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 16
settle
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 17
subside, settle
*> Something ----s
Sense 18
ensconce, settle
*> Somebody ----s somebody PP
Sense 19
settle, get back
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 20
finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 21
settle
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 22
fall, descend, settle
*> Something ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb settle
20 of 22 senses of settle
Sense 1
settle, settle down
> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
=> docket
=> cock
=> postpose
=> prepose
=> step
=> replace, put back
=> stratify
=> plant
=> intersperse
=> nestle, snuggle
=> pile
=> arrange, set up
=> superimpose, superpose, lay over
=> superpose
=> park
=> ensconce, settle
=> emplace
=> emplace
=> ship
=> underlay
=> trench
=> pigeonhole
=> shelve
=> jar
=> repose
=> stick, put forward
=> sign
=> middle
=> parallelize
=> butt
=> recess
=> reposition
=> throw, thrust
=> tee, tee up
=> rack up
=> coffin
=> bed
=> appose
=> set down, put down, place down
=> sow, sough, seed
=> misplace
=> juxtapose
=> set down
=> bottle
=> bucket
=> barrel
=> ground
=> pillow, rest
=> misplace, mislay, lose
=> upend
=> seat, sit, sit down
=> lay, put down, repose
=> stand, stand up, place upright
=> recline
=> plant, set
=> install, instal, put in, set up
=> situate, fix, posit, deposit
=> ladle
=> poise
=> lean
=> clap
=> rest
=> perch
=> load
=> cram
=> set
=> siphon
=> position
=> glycerolize, glycerolise
=> space
=> marshal
=> settle, settle down
=> throw
=> imbricate
Sense 2
decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
> end, terminate
=> close out
=> finish
=> abort
=> culminate
=> lift, raise
=> ax, axe
=> stamp out, kill
=> dissolve, break up
=> dissolve, break up
=> break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> interrupt, break
=> stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out
=> finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
=> complete, finish
=> closure, cloture
=> decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
=> conclude
=> close
=> phase out
=> close
Sense 3
settle, square off, square up, determine
> conclude, resolve
=> settle, square off, square up, determine
Sense 5
reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
> agree, hold, concur, concord
=> settle
=> reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
=> see eye to eye
=> concede, yield, grant
=> subscribe, support
=> conclude, resolve
=> arrange, fix up
Sense 6
sink, settle, go down, go under
> descend, fall, go down, come down
=> prolapse
=> rappel, abseil, rope down
=> unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down
=> avalanche, roll down
=> dive, plunge, plunk
=> set, go down, go under
=> decline, slump, correct
=> precipitate
=> sink, subside
=> crash
=> flop
=> tumble, topple
=> drop
=> plop
=> pitch
=> alight, climb down
=> sink, settle, go down, go under
=> pounce, swoop
=> drip
=> cascade, cascade down
Sense 7
settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down
> stabilize, stabilise
=> settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down
=> steady, calm, becalm
Sense 8
settle
> become, go, get
=> sober up, sober
=> sober up, sober
=> work
=> take effect
=> run
=> take
=> break
=> settle
Sense 9
settle
> build up, develop
=> redevelop
=> settle
Sense 10
settle
> stop, halt
=> go off
=> pull up short
=> check
=> check
=> check
=> rein, rein in
=> stall, conk
=> stall
=> draw up, pull up, haul up
=> brake
=> settle
Sense 11
settle
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 12
settle
> arrange, set up
=> regularize, regularise
=> order
=> order
=> straighten
=> rearrange
=> serialize, serialise
=> alphabetize, alphabetise
=> organize, organise, coordinate
=> stratify
=> string, thread, draw
=> marshal
=> string
=> string out, spread out
=> preen, plume
=> stack
=> chain
=> pair, geminate
=> concord
=> cascade
=> settle
=> pyramid
=> corral
=> catenate, catenulate
=> dress, decorate
=> range, array, lay out, set out
=> pack, bundle, wad, compact
=> stack, pile, heap
=> stagger, distribute
=> drape
=> drape
=> set
=> gradate
=> line up
Sense 13
settle
> accept, consent, go for
=> give
=> agree
=> settle
=> contract in
=> permit, allow, let, countenance
=> yield, give in, succumb, knuckle under, buckle under
=> undertake, take in charge
Sense 14
settle
> agree, hold, concur, concord
=> settle
=> reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
=> see eye to eye
=> concede, yield, grant
=> subscribe, support
=> conclude, resolve
=> arrange, fix up
Sense 15
settle
> arrange, fix up
=> firm up
=> concord
=> settle
Sense 16
settle
> sink
=> settle
Sense 17
subside, settle
> sink, settle, go down, go under
=> subside, settle
=> founder
=> submerge, submerse
Sense 18
ensconce, settle
> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
=> insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
=> docket
=> cock
=> postpose
=> prepose
=> step
=> replace, put back
=> stratify
=> plant
=> intersperse
=> nestle, snuggle
=> pile
=> arrange, set up
=> superimpose, superpose, lay over
=> superpose
=> park
=> ensconce, settle
=> emplace
=> emplace
=> ship
=> underlay
=> trench
=> pigeonhole
=> shelve
=> jar
=> repose
=> stick, put forward
=> sign
=> middle
=> parallelize
=> butt
=> recess
=> reposition
=> throw, thrust
=> tee, tee up
=> rack up
=> coffin
=> bed
=> appose
=> set down, put down, place down
=> sow, sough, seed
=> misplace
=> juxtapose
=> set down
=> bottle
=> bucket
=> barrel
=> ground
=> pillow, rest
=> misplace, mislay, lose
=> upend
=> seat, sit, sit down
=> lay, put down, repose
=> stand, stand up, place upright
=> recline
=> plant, set
=> install, instal, put in, set up
=> situate, fix, posit, deposit
=> ladle
=> poise
=> lean
=> clap
=> rest
=> perch
=> load
=> cram
=> set
=> siphon
=> position
=> glycerolize, glycerolise
=> space
=> marshal
=> settle, settle down
=> throw
=> imbricate
Sense 19
settle, get back
> contend, fight, struggle
=> bear down
=> fistfight
=> join battle
=> tug
=> fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
=> settle, get back
=> fight back
=> battle, combat
=> war
=> attack, assail
=> duel
=> joust
=> chicken-fight, chickenfight
=> tourney
=> feud
=> skirmish
=> bandy
=> fence
=> box
=> spar
=> scuffle, tussle
=> wrestle
=> engage, wage
Sense 20
finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
> end, terminate
=> close out
=> finish
=> abort
=> culminate
=> lift, raise
=> ax, axe
=> stamp out, kill
=> dissolve, break up
=> dissolve, break up
=> break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> interrupt, break
=> stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out
=> finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
=> complete, finish
=> closure, cloture
=> decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
=> conclude
=> close
=> phase out
=> close
Sense 22
fall, descend, settle
> come
=> fall, descend, settle
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb settle
Sense 11
settle
=> change
Sense 16
settle
=> sink
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Sense 1
settle, settle down
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
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Sense 2
decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
=> end, terminate
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Sense 3
settle, square off, square up, determine
=> conclude, resolve
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Sense 4
settle, locate
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Sense 5
reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate, settle
=> agree, hold, concur, concord
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Sense 6
sink, settle, go down, go under
=> descend, fall, go down, come down
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Sense 7
settle, root, take root, steady down, settle down
=> stabilize, stabilise
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Sense 8
settle
=> become, go, get
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Sense 9
settle
=> build up, develop
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Sense 10
settle
=> stop, halt
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Sense 12
settle
=> arrange, set up
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Sense 13
settle
=> accept, consent, go for
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Sense 14
settle
=> agree, hold, concur, concord
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Sense 15
settle
=> arrange, fix up
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Sense 17
subside, settle
=> sink, settle, go down, go under
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Sense 18
ensconce, settle
=> put, set, place, pose, position, lay
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Sense 19
settle, get back
=> contend, fight, struggle
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Sense 20
finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
=> end, terminate
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Sense 21
settle
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Sense 22
fall, descend, settle
=> come
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Grep of verb settle
resettle
settle
settle down
settle on
unsettle
Grep of adj settle
settled
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