To cause to no longer be in a disturbed, confused or stormy; to quiet; to calm (nerves, waters, a boisterous or rebellious child, etc).
To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, for example the foundation of a house, etc.
To silence, especially by force.
To colonize (an area); to migrate to (a land, territory, site, etc).
To conclude a lawsuit by agreement of the parties rather than a decision of a court.
To sink to the bottom of a body of liquid, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reservoir.
To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).
To become stationary or fixed; to come to rest.
To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
To become married, or a householder.
To kill.
To become firm, dry, and hard, like the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared.
Of an animal: to make or become pregnant.
To cause to sink down or to be deposited (dregs, sediment, etc).
To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.
To become compact due to sinking.
To place in(to) a fixed or permanent condition or position or on(to) a permanent basis; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish or fix.
To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement on matters in dispute.
To clear or purify (a liquid) of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink.
To close, liquidate or balance (an account) by payment, sometimes of less than is owed or due.
In particular, to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, etc.
To be established in a profession or in employment.
To move (people) to (a land or territory), so as to colonize it; to cause (people) to take residence in (a place).
To conclude, to cause (a dispute) to finish.
In particular, to terminate (a lawsuit), usually out of court, by agreement of all parties.
To put into (proper) place; to make sit or lie properly.
To pay (a bill).
To fix one's residence in a place; to establish a dwelling place, home, or colony. (Compare settle down.)
To render compact or solid; to cause to become packed down.
To become clear due to the sinking of sediment. (Used especially of liquid. also used figuratively.)
To bring or restore (ground, roads, etc) to a smooth, dry, or passable condition.
To formally, legally secure (an annuity, property, title, etc) on (a person).
To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.
To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next.
To schedule in intervals or at different times.
To cause to reel or totter.
An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
The spacing out of various actions over time.
One who attends a stag night.
The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
Bewilderment; perplexity.
The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.
A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.