SETTLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does settling mean? 

• SETTLING (noun)
  The noun SETTLING has 1 sense:

1. a gradual sinking to a lower level

  Familiarity information: SETTLING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SETTLING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gradual sinking to a lower level

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

settling; subsidence; subsiding

Hypernyms ("settling" is a kind of...):

sinking (a descent as through liquid (especially through water))

Derivation:

settle (sink down or precipitate)

 Context examples 

He seemed hardly to hear her; he was thoughtful—and in a manner which shewed him not pleased, soon afterwards said, So you have been settling that I should marry Jane Fairfax?

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

"No. I should have shut the door in his face if he had," said Jo, settling herself on the floor at her mother's feet.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

After settling her at Thornton Lacey with every kind attention to her comfort, the object of almost every day was to see her there, or to get her away from it.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

“Thank you,” said Mr. Micawber, waving his hand as of old, and settling his chin in his shirt-collar.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

They were visited on their first settling by almost all their relations and friends.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

I applied for and gained that position with the one idea that it might give me an opportunity of settling my accounts with his younger brother.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Is that his design in settling here?

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Henry, squatting over the fire and settling the pot of coffee with a piece of ice, nodded.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

His hands were raised, and he seemed to be settling his necktie.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Probiotics are living organisms found naturally in some foods that are also known as good or friendly bacteria because they fight against harmful bacteria and prevent them from settling in the gut.

(Anxiety May Be Alleviated by Changing Gut Bacteria, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)