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Definition of Settling
1. Noun. A gradual sinking to a lower level.
Generic synonyms: Sinking
Derivative terms: Settle, Subside, Subside
Definition of Settling
1. n. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
Definition of Settling
1. Verb. (present participle of settle) ¹
2. Noun. (context: usually plural) Dregs; sediment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Settling
1. sediment [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Settling
Literary usage of Settling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Extended comment on law of 1838 revising terms of payment for settling land.
(AR land agt. ... Table of acreage of and receipts from settling land sold. ..."
2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1907)
"Extended comment on law of 1838 revising terms of payment for settling land. ...
Table of acreage of and receipts from settling land sold. (H. doc. ..."
3. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"In completing the cycle of operations in the cold-settling process, the wax-free
naphtha ... A modification of the cold-settling method, in which the ..."
4. Elements of Metallurgy: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Extracting Metals by John Arthur Phillips (1887)
"settling-Tanks.—The stuff discharged from the battery is conveyed, in suspension,
by the water escaping through the screens, by troughs, to settling-tanks ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"settling again in Kilmarnock he was in frequent collision with the authorities
through the vehemence of his political criticisms. ..."
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