Settle Down

Definition: Settle Down

Settle Down

Verb

1. Settle into a position.

2. Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down".

3. Become quiet or calm, esp. after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off." "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again.".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Settle Down

Location

Inhabit; (be present); domesticate, colonize; take root, strike root; anchor; cast anchor, come to an anchor; sit down, settle down; settle; take up one's abode, take up one's quarters; plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself; squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing; encamp, pitch one's tent; put up at, put up one's horses at; keep house.

Moderation

Verb: be -moderate; Adjective: keep within bounds, keep within compass; sober down, settle down; keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail.

Stability

Settle down; strike roots, put down roots, take root; take up one's abode; build one's house on a rock.

Crosswords: Settle Down

I always just hoped that, that I'd meet some nice friendly girl, like the look of her, hope the look of me didn't make her physically sick, then pop the question and, um, settle down and be happy. (Four Weddings and a Funeral; writing credit: Richard Curtis)

Oh, I am certain that once married, she would settle down. (Cinderella; writing credit: Charles Perrault; Joseph Schrank)

Sure, mom, I settle down with a nice girl every night, then I'm free the next morning. (Goodfellas; writing credit: Nicholas Pileggi)

Capitalism! I want to sell out and settle down. For one day only, it's a blue light special on Aisle Three! (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin)

Settle Down, Settle Down, (You're An Ocean; performing artist: Fastball; writing credit: Tony Scalzo)

And I never get to stop and settle down (You're My Home; performing artist: Joe)

So you settle down and stay with the boy that loves you. (Some of Shelley's Blues; performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)

She shackatack, poor soul settle down (Dance & Shout; performing artist: Shaggy)

So, when the day comes to settle down, (Take The Long Way Home; performing artist: Supertramp)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Sure Path: Moving Ahead With Christ When We'd Rather Settle Down in the World (reference)

• I Can Settle Down (reference)

• Settle down country = Pmere arlaltyewele (reference)

• Settle down Simon Katz (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Settle Down (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

There the viruses settle down in an inactive (latent) form inside specific nerve cells (neurons) that relay information to the brain about what your body is sensing � whether your skin feels hot or cold, whether you've been touched or feel pain. These lie in clusters (ganglia) adjacent to the spinal cord and brain and are one type of sensory neurons. (references)

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Expressions using "settle down": marry and settle down ♦ settle down to ♦ settle down to work. Additional references.

Albanian

zë vend (locate, seat, shape, take on, take place, take seats), qetësohem (abate, blow out, calm down, cool down, cool off, die down, grow quiet, heal, rage, simmer down, subside), ndreqem (straighten). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مكث ب, ‏هدأ (allay, appease, assuage, attemper, becalm, calm, calm down, cool, die down, dust, ease, hush, keep quiet, lull, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, quench, quieten, relieve, rest, salve, settle, simmer, smooth, sober, soothe, stay, steady, still, subside, supple, sweeten, tranquillize), ‏تجمد (freeze, freezing, frost, frostiness, icing, solidify), ‏إستكن (smolder, smoulder), ‏إستقر (be located, become steady, deposit, locate, lodge, move, plateau, set, settle, settle oneself, sit, spread out, stabilize, steady, subside), ‏إستوطن (colonize, settle, settle in), ‏أهدأ (calm, calm down, cool down, moderate, quiet, stay). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съсредочавам се (collect oneself), установявам се (agree, sit down), успокоявам се (calm down, quiet down, regain one's composure, smooth down, steady), утаявам се (fix, gravitate, settle, subside), уталожвам се (simmer down), слягам се (pack, slump), хлътвам (fall in, fall over, sag, sink), обземам (fall, obsess, overtake, permeate), заживявам, залавям се с (address oneself to, assail, engage in), започвам да потъвам, падам (attach, come down, crash, descend, drop, drop off, fall, fall off, fall out, go down, hang, land, lapse, light, prang, ring down, roll off, set, settle, slip down, topple, tumble, tumble down). (various references)

Chinese 

安家 (set up a home). (various references)

Czech

snést se (alight, drift to the ground, pounce, swoop), usadit se (niche, reside, settle in), osídlit (populate, settle). (various references)

Finnish

vakaantua (become firm become settled, steady), asettua (abate, calm, place oneself, subside, take one's stand). (various references)

French

s'installer (set, settle, settle oneself), se tasser, se stabiliser (settle), se calmer, rester, redevenir normal, ne pas fondre, devenir normal. (various references)

German

sich niederlassen (alight, ensconce, establish oneself, establishing, lie down, light, perch, roost, set up in business, set up shop, settle, sit down), sich einpendeln (level off, level out), sich einleben (immerse oneself, settle, settle in), sich eingewöhnen (shake down), sich beruhigen (abate, be eased, become calm, calm down, die down, ease off, lessen, quieten down, relax, simmer down, smooth down, sober up, steady, subside, to quiet down), zur ruhe bringen (quiet, quieten), versorgen (accommodate, care for, feed, groom, keep, look after, maintain, provide, provide for, purvey, serve, settle, supply, support, take care of, to supply), hinlegen (deposit, lay down, recline, shove down, to lay down), einleben, eingewöhnen, beruhigen (allay, appease, becalm, calm, calm down, comfort, ease, lull, pacify, quiet, quieten, quieten down, reassure, relieve, salve, sedate, settle, smooth, soothe, still, to allay, to appease, to calm, to compose, to pacify, to reassure, to sedate, to tranquilize, to tranquillize). (various references)

Greek 

καταλαγιάζω. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תישב ב�"עתו (reconsider, think over), ל�"תבסס (be based, become), ל�"תרוח (be comfortable, feel relief, sit back), ל�"שתכן, ל�"ר�'ע (calm down, hush, relax). (various references)

Hungarian

munkához fog (to get to work, to settle down), megtelepszik (to settle down), letelepszik (sit down, to absquatulate, to fix, to perch, to seat oneself, to set up house, to settle down). (various references)

Indonesian

bertengger (be perched on a branch, roost, stay). (various references)

Italian

sistemare (accommodate, adjust, arrange, compromise, fix, fix up, place, position, put in order, settle, smooth over, sort), piazzare (be placed, market, place, posit, post, put, settle), mettersi a (begin, get, start), mettere su casa, calmarsi (abate, moderate, quiet, simmer down, smooth, sober, subside), ambientare (acclimatize, set), adattarsi (fit). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

落着く (to be steady, to calm down, to harmonize with, to match, to restore presence of mind, to settle down, to settle in, to take up one's residence), 落ち着く (to be steady, to calm down, to harmonize with, to match, to restore presence of mind, to settle down, to settle in, to take up one's residence), 落ちつく (to be steady, to calm down, to harmonize with, to match, to restore presence of mind, to settle down, to settle in, to take up one's residence), 住み着く (to settle down), 居着く (to settle down). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すみつく (to settle down), おちつく (to be steady, to calm down, to harmonize with, to match, to restore presence of mind, to settle down, to settle in, to take up one's residence), いつく (enshrine, to settle down, to worship). (various references)

Pig Latin

ettlesay ownday

Portuguese

radicar-se (root), instalar-se (park, to settle oneself), estabelecer-se (set up, settle). (various references)

Romanian

se stabili cu domiciliu, se apuca de lucru (get to work, set to, set to work). (various references)

Russian 

улечься (die down), остепеняться, остепениться. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

prihvatiti se (take on), naseliti se. (various references)

Spanish

sentar cabeza, normalizarse, instalarse (instal, install, move in, settle in, settle oneself, shake down), establecerse (establish oneself, open a branch, open an office, set up, set up in business, settle, start a business, take on), casarse (be married, get married, intermarry, marry, take the plunge, wed), calmarse (abate, blow over, calm down, cool down, die down, drop, ease, quieten, simmer down, sober down, subside). (various references)

Swedish

bosätta sig (domicile, plant oneself, settle). (various references)

Turkish

yuva kurmak, yerleşmek (bed, ensconce oneself, indwell, install oneself, locate, nestle, perch oneself, root, set, settle, settle in, shake down, stable, take up one's residence), uslanmak (come to heel), kurulmak (be built, be founded, be set up, ensconce oneself, install oneself, squat), durulmak (become clear, clarify, settle, slack, slack off), demir atmak (anchor, cast anchor, Harbor, harbour, moor, put over). (various references)

Turkmen 

ornaюmak (get fixed up, work out). (various references)

Ukrainian

стати розсудливим, влаштовуватися (house oneself, settle, station oneself), оселятися (colonize, haft, settle, sit down), заспокоюватися (abate, calm down, hush, pacify, simmer down, soften, still, tranquilize, tranquillize). (various references)

desideres, desideret. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: letdowns, townlets.

-3 letters: denotes, detents, dottels, dottles, letdown, lewdest, nestled, nettled, nettles, settled, slotted, swotted, teleost, telnets, tonlets, toweled, townees, townlet, wedelns.

-4 letters: denote, detent, detest, donees, dottel, dottle, dowels, eldest, endows, lensed, lentos, leones, letted, lodens, lotted, lottes, lowest, nested, nestle, netted, nettle, newels, newest, oldest, owlets, settle, slewed, slowed, snowed, sotted.