settling

Pluralsettlings (some meanings)

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of settle. Use this form for the action happening now or as the name of the action.

   They are settling into their new home this week.

   Settling an argument quickly can save a friendship.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The act of making a home in a new place, or of sinking and becoming firm and steady.

   The settling of the new town took many years of hard work.

   After the quake, the slow settling of the ground cracked the walls.

   Similarsettlement, colonization, subsidence, sinking

3. 3
   nounusually plural

   The solid bits that sink to the bottom of a liquid and collect there.

   Like the bits of dirt that sink to the bottom of a glass of muddy water.

   A layer of brown settling covered the bottom of the old bottle.

   She poured off the juice slowly to leave the settling behind.

   Similarsediment, dregs, deposit, lees, residue

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   The act of paying what is owed, or of paying out money won in a bet.

   Like paying everyone back after a meal you all shared.

   The settling of all the bets happened the morning after the race.

   He waited at the track for the settling of his winnings.

   Similarsettlement, payment, reckoning, payout

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