noun
- the process of establishing a community in a new place
- particles that sink to the bottom of a liquid
verb
- present participle of settle; coming to rest in a particular place
- establishing a home or community in a new place
- resolving or deciding something
Examples
- The dust was settling on the furniture after the construction work.
- Early pioneers were settling the western territories.
- They are settling their differences through mediation.
- The settling of the American frontier took many decades.
- There was a thick settling at the bottom of the wine bottle.
- The bird was settling on the branch for the night.
- We’re settling into our new home gradually.