settle meaning
EN
[ˈsɛtəl] [-ɛtəl] 
US WSettle
- Settle or SETTLE may refer to:
- Settle, North Yorkshire, a town in England
- Settle Rural District
- Settle (furniture), a wooden bench
- SETTLE, a constraint algorithm
- Settling, a chemical process
- Settler, a person who migrates to a new area and resides there
- Settlement (litigation), an agreement or resolution of a dispute
- NounPLsettles
- VerbSGsettlesPRsettlingPT, PPsettled
- (transitive) To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc.
- The father thought the time drew on Of settling in the world his only son.
- (transitive, obsolete, US) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish.
- to settle a minister
- (transitive) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to quieten; to still; to calm; to compose.
- (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
- to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee
- (transitive) To restore (ground, roads etc.) or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
- clear weather settles the roads
- (transitive) To cause to sink; to lower.
- to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it
- (transitive) To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from uncertainty.
- (transitive) To pacify (a discussion, quarrel).
- to settle a quarrel
- (transitive, archaic) To adjust (accounts); to liquidate; to balance.
- to settle an account
- (transitive, colloquial) To pay.
- (transitive) To colonize; to move people to (a land or territory).
- the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
- (intransitive) To become fixed, permanent or stationary; to establish one's self or itself.
- (intransitive) To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home.
- the Saxons who settled in Britain
- (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
- (intransitive) To be established in a profession or in employment.
- to settle in the practice of law
- (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
- the roads settled late in the spring.
- (intransitive) To become clear after being unclear or vague.
- (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, for example dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
- (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
- (intransitive) To become calm; to stop being agitated.
- (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement.
- He has settled with his creditors.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To make a jointure for a wife.
- (transitive) To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Understandably the teams were hyped for their 132nd league meeting, but Steve Bruce's Black Cats were also looking to settle a score having been humiliated 5-1 at St James' Park at the end of October.
- The drug maker Purdue Pharma has agreed [ … ] to settle complaints that it encouraged physicians to overprescribe its painkiller OxyContin.
- The King settled to prorogue Parliament until the Christmas holidays, and to do nothing else for the present.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of settle in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Nouns
- en settled
- en settlement
- en settlers
- en settler
- en settles
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "settle" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.