settled (verb)
21settle in — verb To get comfortable or established, as in a new place. I had just sat down in my favorite easy chair and settled in when the phone rang …
22pull oneself together — verb To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused. Damn, damn, damnation! he murmured, together with such other words as he had learnt from older men. Then he raised his hand to his forehead and said, Oh, damn it all which meant… …
23reside — verb a) To dwell permanently or for a considerable time; to have a settled abode for a time; to remain for a long time. b) To have a seat or fixed position; to inhere; to lie or be as in attribute or …
24settle down — verb a) To become quiet and calm after a period of restlessness. b) To establish a settled lifestyle, and especially to marry …
25arbitrate — verb (I, T) to officially judge how an argument between two opposing sides should be settled: A committee will arbitrate between management and unions. arbitrator noun (C) …
26dwell — verb, formal gypsies dwell in these caves dwell on Syn: reside, live, be settled, be housed, lodge, stay; informal put up; formal abide, be domiciled …
27settle — set|tle1 [ setl ] verb *** ▸ 1 end disagreement ▸ 2 go and live somewhere ▸ 3 fall & rest on ground ▸ 4 pay all money owed to someone ▸ 5 decide something definitely ▸ 6 gradually sink down ▸ 7 finish dealing with something ▸ 8 make someone… …
28settle — [[t]se̱t(ə)l[/t]] ♦♦ settles, settling, settled 1) VERB If people settle an argument or problem, or if something settles it, they solve it, for example by making a decision about who is right or about what to do. [V n] They agreed to try to… …
29settle — 1 / setl/ verb 1 MAKE COMFORTABLE/SAFE a) (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive always + adv/prep) to put yourself or someone else in a comfortable position (+ back/into/down): Mel settled back in his chair and closed his eyes. | settle… …
30Austronesian languages — formerly Malayo Polynesian languages Family of about 1,200 languages spoken by more than 200 million people in Indonesia, the Philippines, Madagascar, the central and southern Pacific island groups (except most of New Guinea; see Papuan… …
