settle
EN
[ˈsɛtəl] [-ɛtəl] 
US Frégler
- NomPLsettles
- VerbeSGsettlesPRsettlingPT, PPsettled
- (transitive) To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc.
- The father thought the time drew on Of settling in the world his only son.
- (transitive, obsolete, US) To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish.
- to settle a minister
- (transitive) To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to quieten; to still; to calm; to compose.
- (transitive) To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
- to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee
- (transitive) To restore (ground, roads etc.) or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
- clear weather settles the roads
- (transitive) To cause to sink; to lower.
- to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it
- (transitive) To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from uncertainty.
- (transitive) To pacify (a discussion, quarrel).
- to settle a quarrel
- (transitive, archaic) To adjust (accounts); to liquidate; to balance.
- to settle an account
- (transitive, colloquial) To pay.
- (transitive) To colonize; to move people to (a land or territory).
- the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620.
- (intransitive) To become fixed, permanent or stationary; to establish one's self or itself.
- (intransitive) To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home.
- the Saxons who settled in Britain
- (intransitive) To become married, or a householder.
- (intransitive) To be established in a profession or in employment.
- to settle in the practice of law
- (intransitive) To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
- the roads settled late in the spring.
- (intransitive) To become clear after being unclear or vague.
- (intransitive) To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, for example dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
- (intransitive) To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
- (intransitive) To become calm; to stop being agitated.
- (intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement.
- He has settled with his creditors.
- (intransitive) OBS To make a jointure for a wife.
- (transitive) To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; especially, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home etc.
- Plus d'exemples
- Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
- He couldn't afford the expensive headphones, so he decided to settle for the lower quality set.
- Sexton beetles, corpse-eating buriers who delve and undergrub him and howk out the trench his sausagy form settles into. — Galway Kinnell.
- He looked at all the colors for a long time before finally settling on a sage green.
- Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
Definition of settle in English Dictionary
- Partie du discours Hiérarchie
- Noms
- Noms Dénombrable
- Noms Dénombrable
- Verbes
- Verbes intransitifs
- Verbes transitifs
- Verbes intransitifs
- Noms
- en settled
- en settlement
- en settlers
- en settler
- en settles
Source: Wiktionnaire
Grammaticalement, ce mot "settle" est un nom, plus spécifiquement, un noms dénombrable. C'est aussi un verbe, plus spécifiquement, un verbes intransitif et un verbes transitif.