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String and Settle

string

noun

  • A lightweight cord.
  • Stringed instruments that are played with a bow.
    • usage: "the strings played superlatively well"
  • A tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed.
  • A sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding.
    • usage: "a string of islands"; "train of mourners"; "a train of thought"
  • A linear sequence of symbols (characters or words or phrases. )
  • A tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening.
    • usage: "he pulled the drawstring and closed the bag"
  • A tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod. )
  • Cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop.
  • A collection of objects threaded on a single strand.
  • A necklace made by a stringing objects together.
    • usage: "a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";

verb

  • Thread on or as if on a string.
    • usage: "string pearls on a string"; "the child drew glass beads on a string"; "thread dried cranberries"
  • Add as if on a string.
    • usage: "string these ideas together"; "string up these songs and you'll have a musical"
  • Move or come along.
  • Stretch out or arrange like a string.
  • String together; tie or fasten with a string.
    • usage: "string the package"
  • Remove the stringy parts of.
    • usage: "string beans"
  • Provide with strings.
    • usage: "string my guitar"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
settle

noun

  • A long wooden bench with a back.

verb

  • Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground.
    • usage: "dust settled on the roofs"
  • Bring to an end; settle conclusively.
    • usage: "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"
  • Settle conclusively; come to terms.
    • usage: "We finally settled the argument"
  • Take up residence and become established.
    • usage: "The immigrants settled in the Midwest"
  • Come to terms.
    • usage: "After some discussion we finally made up"
  • (v.) ()
  • Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style.
    • usage: "He finally settled down"
  • Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet.
    • usage: "The roar settled to a thunder"; "The wind settled in the West"; "it is settling to rain"; "A cough settled in her chest"; "Her mood settled into lethargy"
  • Establish or develop as a residence.
    • usage: "He settled the farm 200 years ago"; "This land was settled by Germans"
  • Come to rest.
  • Arrange or fix in the desired order.
    • usage: "She settled the teacart"
  • Accept despite lack of complete satisfaction.
    • usage: "We settled for a lower price"
  • End a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement.
    • usage: "The two parties finally settled"
  • Dispose of; make a financial settlement.
  • Become clear by the sinking of particles.
    • usage: "the liquid gradually settled"
  • Cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids. )
  • Sink down or precipitate.
    • usage: "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"
  • Fix firmly.
    • usage: "He ensconced himself in the chair"
  • Get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury.
    • usage: "I finally settled with my old enemy"
  • Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form.
    • usage: "let's finalize the proposal"
  • Form a community.
    • usage: "The Swedes settled in Minnesota"
  • Come as if by falling.
    • usage: "Night fell"; "Silence fell"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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