settle - noun

a long wooden bench with a back

settle - verb

• settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
• bring to an end; settle conclusively
• settle conclusively; come to terms
• take up residence and become established
• come to terms
• go under,
• become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
• become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
• establish or develop as a residence
• come to rest
• arrange or fix in the desired order
• accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
• end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
• dispose of; make a financial settlement
• become clear by the sinking of particles
• cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
• sink down or precipitate
• fix firmly
• get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
• make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
• form a community
• come as if by falling

settle - thesaurus

adjudicate   conciliate   decide   descend   determine   ensconce   fall   finalise   finalize   locate   reconcile   resolve   root   settee   sink   subside