settle

verb

1)

they settled the dispute

Syn:

resolve, sort out, solve, clear up, end, fix, work out, iron out, straighten out, set right, rectify, remedy, reconcile; informal patch up

Ant:

prolong

2)

she settled their affairs

Syn:

put in order, sort out, tidy up, arrange, organize, order, clear up

3)

they settled on a date for the wedding

Syn:

decide on, set, fix, agree on, name, establish, arrange, appoint, designate, assign; choose, select, pick

4)

she went down to the lobby to settle her bill

Syn:

pay, settle up, square, clear, defray

5)

they settled for a 4.2% raise

Syn:

accept, agree to, assent to; formal accede to

6)

he settled in Otsego County

Syn:

make one's home in, set up home in, take up residence in, put down roots in, establish oneself in; live in, move to, emigrate to

7)

immigrants settled much of Australia

Syn:

colonize, occupy, inhabit, people, populate

8)

Catherine settled down to her work

Syn:

apply oneself to, get down to, set about, attack; concentrate on, focus on, devote oneself to

9)

the class wouldn't settle down

Syn:

calm down, quiet down, be quiet, be still; informal shut up

10)

a brandy will settle your nerves

Syn:

calm, quiet; Brit. quieten, soothe, pacify, quell; sedate, tranquilize

Ant:

agitate, disturb

11)

he settled into an armchair

Syn:

sit down, seat oneself, install oneself, ensconce oneself, plant oneself; informal park oneself, plunk oneself

12)

a butterfly settled on the flower

Syn:

land, come to rest, alight, descend, perch; archaic light

13)

when the stirring stops, the sediment settles

Syn:

sink, subside, fall, gravitate

Ant:

rise