A gradual sinking to a lower level
The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
Noun
a gradual sinking to a lower level
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Settle
n.
The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of
establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
n.
That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees;
dregs; sediment.
Settling
The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
Usage Examples
Craziest thing I've done for love is getting married. I think it's crazy. I think it's crazy, crazy, crazy. I'm never going to say I wouldn't do it again but I have to make sure it's love and not settling for the 'I have to do this by a certain age,' which is kind of what I did.
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
I have found a flat on Merseyside and am settling down here. If I can keep playing and get back to full match fitness, I know I have a lot to offer still.
I object to a legal approach when settling questions of science or scientific behavior.
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Other Usage ExamplesThere is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
I know war as few other men now living know it, and nothing to me is more revolting. I have long advocated its complete abolition, as its very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a method of settling international disputes.
I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.
More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginning of all wars - yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the differences between governments.