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Definition of settling :
1. of Settle
2. That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.
3. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
Synonyms:
remission, cave in, subsidence, remittal
descending (part of speech: verb)
declining, slipping, falling down, slumping, tumbling, coming down, descending, plunging, sliding, toppling, plummeting, lowering, sinking, dropping, falling, nose-diving
ordering (part of speech: verb)
harmonizing, maintaining, ordering, balancing, plotting, controlling, forming, stabilizing, organizing, programming, arranging, separating, typing, shaping, unifying, systematizing, collating, stratifying, categorizing, composing, classifying, sorting, classing, sifting, integrating, grouping, designing, planning, orchestrating, scheming, subordinating, placing, devising, regulating, schematizing, scoring, arraying, fixing, screening, setting, scheduling, casting, methodizing, pigeonholing, grading, unsnarling, righting, ranking, supporting, structuring, framing, establishing, preparing, normalizing, rating, charting, marshalling, rationalizing
compromising (part of speech: verb)
appeasing, adjusting, mediating, compensating, giving and taking, compromising, allowing, conceding, bargaining, accommodating, reconciling
paying (part of speech: verb)
discharging, bankrolling, remitting, doling, paying, repaying, depositing, disbursing, rewarding
resting (part of speech: verb)
resting, marking time, standing, stagnating, pausing, calming, stilling, slumbering, subsiding, tranquilizing, vegetating, waiting, quieting, sleeping, settling down, becalming, staying
recompensing (part of speech: verb)
rectifying, returning, atoning, redressing, refunding, offsetting, squaring, recompensing, remunerating, reimbursing, remedying, correcting
Usage examples:
- It was already settling in for a night of storm. - "Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901", Lucy Maud Montgomery.
- I never meant to write you such a letter; but I am glad indeed to find you really settling down. - "The Upton Letters", Arthur Christopher Benson.
- The van was settling down for a comfortable night in the mud. - "The Card, A Story Of Adventure In The Five Towns", Arnold Bennett.