settles
Sinks to bottom
Settles is the third-person singular of settle, a verb with meanings that cluster around coming to rest or resolution.
Dust settles on furniture, a bird settles on a branch, sediment settles to the bottom.
A person settles into a chair or settles down for the night.
To settle a dispute is to resolve it; to settle a debt is to pay it.
Settlers settle land by establishing permanent residence.
She settles her accounts monthly.
The snow settles on the rooftops.
Settles or concludes firmly
- concludesBrings to an end
- decidesReaches a conclusion
- determinesSettles or concludes
- finalizesMakes official and permanent
agrees · arbitrates · mediates · negotiates · reconciles · adjudicates · compromises · closes
Establishes control over territory
- populatesFills with residents
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- homesteadsRural family properties
- establishesCreates or sets up
inhabits · occupies · founds · cultivates · develops · puts down roots
Reduces agitation
- quietsReduces noise or agitation
- soothesGently relieves distress
- pacifiesBrings to calm
- stillsFrozen film moments
steadies · composes · tranquilizes · relaxes · eases · alleviates · subdues · tempers
Drops or wash basins
- depositsMaterial settled or stored
- precipitatesCauses suddenly or prematurely
- descendsMoves downward
- dropsDescends or releases
falls · accumulates · collects · gathers · layers · silts · clarifies · decants
Settles in snugly
- snugglesEmbraces cozily for comfort
- sinksDrops or wash basins
- reclinesLies back restfully
- relaxesBecomes less tense
eases · lounges · cushions · burrows · cocoons · unwinds · rests · curls up
Gives money owed
- clearsRemoves or vindicates
- dischargesReleases or sends forth
- squaresFour-sided equal figures
- liquidatesConverts assets to cash
reimburses · remits · satisfies · balances · closes out · pays off · pays up · makes good
resolves
Settles or concludes firmly
- concludesBrings to an end
- decidesReaches a conclusion
- determinesSettles or concludes
finalizes · agrees · arbitrates · mediates · negotiates · reconciles · adjudicates · compromises · closes · ends
colonizes
Establishes control over territory
- populatesFills with residents
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- homesteadsRural family properties
establishes · inhabits · occupies · founds · cultivates · develops · puts down roots
calms
Reduces agitation
stills · steadies · composes · tranquilizes · relaxes · eases · alleviates · subdues · tempers · mollifies
sinks
Drops or wash basins
- depositsMaterial settled or stored
- precipitatesCauses suddenly or prematurely
- descendsMoves downward
drops · falls · accumulates · collects · gathers · layers · silts · clarifies · decants · filters
nestles
Settles in snugly
relaxes · eases · lounges · cushions · burrows · cocoons · unwinds · rests · curls up · beds down
pays
Gives money owed
- clearsRemoves or vindicates
- dischargesReleases or sends forth
- squaresFour-sided equal figures
liquidates · reimburses · remits · satisfies · balances · closes out · pays off · pays up · makes good · covers
- stabilizing verbsbalances, steadies, secures, anchors, braces
- sitting downtakes a seat, plops, perches, squats, lounges
- comes downfalls, drops, descends, plummets, sinks
- curling upsnuggles, nestles, tucks, coils, balls up
- maturesripens, ages, mellows, seasons, ferments
- ending wordsconcludes, finishes, ends, completes, finalizes
settlesstarts
Initiates an action
begins · initiates · unsettles · opens · complicates
- settle downBecome calm or established
- settled downBecame calm or stationary
- settling downBecoming stable and rooted
- settle forAccept reluctantly as sufficient
- settle inBecome comfortably established
- settling inBecoming established somewhere
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