Settles is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SETTLES in dictionary:

VERB:
• SETTLE, to place in a desired order
• resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem)
• end (a legal dispute) by mutual agreement
• reach a decision about; determine
• accept or agree to (something that one considers to be less than satisfactory)
• pay (a debt or account)
• give money or property to (someone) through a deed of settlement or a will
• adopt a more steady or secure style of life, especially in a permanent job and home
• establish a colony in
• begin to feel comfortable or established in a new situation
• become or make calmer or quieter
• silence (a troublesome person) by some means
• sit or come to rest in a comfortable position
• make (someone) comfortable in a particular place or position
• move or adjust (something) so that it rests securely
• (especially of snow) fall on to a surface and remain there
• (of suspended particles) sink slowly in a liquid to form sediment.
• (of a liquid) become clear or still as suspended particles sink
• (of an object or objects) gradually sink down under its or their own weight
• (of a ship) begin to sink
• make one's permanent home somewhere
• turn one's attention to; apply oneself to
NOUN:
• a wooden bench with a high back and arms, typically incorporating a box under the seat.
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to place in a desired state or order

Words related to SETTLES

settle6 settled8 settling9

Words that contain SETTLES

resettles9 unsettles9 presettles12

How to use SETTLES in a sentence

• But wait! He flies off and settles on the shingle not far away.
• This vapor, at first light as a fog-drift, winds itself upward, and settles into a cloud, that hovers in the air.
• Now I suggest for your consideration, whether it would not be best to keep perfectly quiet relative to him, until after he returns and settles with the directors.
• Charlotte, with all her schemes, is delivered over to her genius from the moment when Lucy settles in Villette.
• The mist at last clears, the water having become frozen, and darkness settles on the land.
• The sediment in the water settles down on the grain, and covers it with mud.
• All the pride of caste in me settles on that point.
• He accordingly gets four acres more, and settles down as his brother did.
• She throws herself back in her chair, and a tiny frown settles upon her brow.
• Top heavy yet? He rises higher this time, and settles down more slowly to the floor.
• It will be found that the sand settles very quickly and the clay very slowly.
• This stage-tradition goes back to the Restoration, and it almost settles our question.
• When a man reaches forty he usually settles down to make the best of things.
• Many sons-in-law take an extreme course which settles everything, which consists in living on bad terms with their mothers-in-law.
• A glance at the diagram will show how pronounced the illusion is at first, and how it then disappears, and the judgment settles down to a uniform degree of accuracy.
• The earth settles comfortably about these roots and is moulded to fit them by the autumn rains.
• That this assumption starts, perhaps, quite as many questions as it settles may be granted.
• The piece concludes with a speech by Polites, who settles all the disputes and loves of the Arts.
• The old man picks up his paper again and settles his glasses on his nose.
• Froebel settles at Liebenstein intending to train Kindergarten teachers there.
• Nothing will turn her when she once settles on anything, if she is at all like what she used to be.
• There were long settles beside the fireplace and here the children seated themselves, Peregrine on one side, and Patience on the other, to study their lessons.
• Settles the modes of procedure in case of offences.
• Each settles down into a more practical condition of life.
• And as, year after year, Fresh products of their barren labor fall From their tired hands, and rest Never yet comes more near, Gloom settles slowly down over their breast.
• Purchase itself settles nothing beyond the bare ownership of the land.
• He grows faint with fear! All alone on Georgian Bay! The boat leaps and settles, leaps and settles.
• Lichnowsky, Prince von, 23, 25, 26, 35, 55, 56, 59, 127, Settles annuity on Beethoven, 24, Beethoven visits him, in Silesia, 68, quarrels with him, 69, death of, 130.
• But the testimony of the Book settles all questions.
• That law settles forever, with a strength beyond all terms of human enactment, that slavery cannot exist in California or New Mexico.

Similar words containing SETTLE without suffix s

settle6 settled8 settler7 resettle8 settlers8 unsettle8 presettle11 resettled10 resettles9 unsettled10 unsettles9 presettled13 presettles12 settleable12 settlement12 settledness12 settlements13 unsettledly15 resettlement14 unsettlement14 outsettlement15 presettlement17 resettlements15 settlednesses14 unsettledness14 unsettlements15 outsettlements16 presettlements18 unsettlednesses16

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