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settling

verbnouncommon in dialogue

  • //ˈsɛtl̩ɪŋ//

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

verb

  1. 1

    Also a form of settlepresent participle and gerund of settle

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    The reckoning or settlement of accounts; the paying out of gambling winnings.

  3. 3

    Dregs; sediment.

Forms

plural
settlings
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