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Sounds | seh'tahl |
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Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2059 more rhymes in ahl at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | A long wooden bench with a back. |
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Synonyms | settee |
Broader | bench |
Verbs | settle |
Meaning | Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "dust settled on the roofs" |
Synonyms | settle down |
Narrower | sediment |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
Meaning | Bring to an end. Settle conclusively. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Synonyms | decide, resolve, adjudicate |
Narrower | judge; adjust |
Broader | end, terminate |
Nouns | settler; settlement |
Meaning | Settle conclusively. Come to terms. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "We finally settled the argument" |
Synonyms | square off, square up, determine |
Narrower | clear, solve; concert; clinch; compromise |
Broader | conclude, resolve |
Nouns | settlement |
Meaning | Take up residence and become established. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "The immigrants settled in the Midwest" |
Synonyms | locate |
Entails | move |
Narrower | colonize, colonise; resettle |
Nouns | settlement; settlement; settlement; settler |
Meaning | Come to terms. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | reconcile, patch up, make up, conciliate |
Narrower | propitiate, appease; make peace |
Broader | agree, hold, concur, concord |
Meaning | Go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned". |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s |
Synonyms | sink, go down, go under |
Caused by | sink |
Narrower | subside, settle; founder; submerge, submerse |
Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down |
Contrary | float, swim |
Similar to | sink |
Meaning | Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "He finally settled down" |
Synonyms | root, take root, steady down, settle down |
Narrower | roost |
Broader | stabilize, stabilise |
Meaning | Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet. |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy" |
Broader | become, go, get |
Meaning | Establish or develop as a residence. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans" |
Broader | build up, develop |
Nouns | settlement; settlement |
Meaning | Come to rest. |
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Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP |
Broader | stop, halt |
Nouns | settle |
Meaning | Become clear by the sinking of particles. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Examples | "the liquid gradually settled" |
Broader | change |
Similar to | settle |
Meaning | Arrange or fix in the desired order. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Examples | "She settled the teacart" |
Broader | arrange, set up |
Meaning | Accept despite complete satisfaction. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "We settled for a lower price" |
Broader | accept, consent, go for |
Nouns | settlement |
Meaning | End a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "The two parties finally settled" |
Broader | agree, hold, concur, concord |
Nouns | settlement; settlement |
Meaning | Dispose of. Make a financial settlement. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
Narrower | prorate; pay; square; pay, pay off, make up, compensate; liquidate; clean up |
Broader | arrange, fix up |
Nouns | settlement |
Meaning | Cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids). |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Broader | sink |
Similar to | settle |
Nouns | settlings |
Meaning | Sink down or precipitate. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Synonyms | subside |
Broader | sink, settle, go down, go under |
Nouns | settlings; settling |
Meaning | Fix firmly. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP |
Synonyms | ensconce |
Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay |
Meaning | Get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
Examples | "I finally settled with my old enemy" |
Synonyms | get back |
Broader | fight, struggle |
Meaning | Make final. Put the last touches on. Put into final form. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | finalize, finalise, nail down |
Broader | end, terminate |
See also | settle on |
Meaning | Form a community. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "The Swedes settled in Minnesota" |
Entails | migrate, transmigrate |
Narrower | homestead |
Nouns | settlement; settlement; settler |
Meaning | Come as if by falling. |
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Pattern | Something ----s |
Synonyms | fall, descend |
Broader | come |
Similar to | fall |