Word Definitions & Examples
noun
Sense 1
Type of:
bench
verb
Sense 2
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 3
"We settled for a lower price"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 4
"I finally settled with my old enemy"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 5
"She settled the teacart"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 6
Type of:
sink
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 8
Derived:
settee
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 9
"dust settled on the roofs"
Kinds of:
sediment
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 10
"The two parties finally settled"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 11
"We finally settled the argument"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 12
"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"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 13
"He settled the farm 200 years ago"
"This land was settled by Germans"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 14
"The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
Entails:
move
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 15
"The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
Kinds of:
homestead
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 16
"He finally settled down"
Kinds of:
roost
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 18
"the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb
Sense 19
fix firmly
"He ensconced himself in the chair"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
verb
Sense 20
"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"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb
Sense 21
"let''s finalize the proposal"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 22
"Night fell"
"Silence fell"
Type of:
come
Verb group:
fall
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb
Sense 23
"After some discussion we finally made up"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
23
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
128
Times Searched
3
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