settling

Speech parts

1. settling - Noun

2. settling - Verb

Meaning

of Settle

The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.

That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

subsiding settlement resolving deciding subsidence calming determining establishing stabilizing equalization SAG lees form clear definition
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Antonyms

beginning according standing suffering asking banking
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Hypernyms

sinking

Phrases with the word

settling in settling tank settling basin erythrocyte settling rate settling of score red cell settling velocity

Anagrams

lettings

Examples

Yoga is the settling of the mind into silence. When the mind has settled, we are established in our essential nature, which is unbounded Consciousness. Our essential nature is usually overshadowed by the activity of the mind. Patañjali

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. Joseph Joubert

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. Jane Austen

Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea. Samuel Johnson

There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living. Nelson Mandela

There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war. Frank B. Kellogg

Close letter words and terms

settlerism settlerist settleristic settling basin settling in settling of blood