"settling" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛtl̩ɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-settling.ogg Forms: settlings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} settling (countable and uncountable, plural settlings)
  1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-settling-en-noun-3NZeetJT
  2. The reckoning or settlement of accounts; the paying out of gambling winnings. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-settling-en-noun-35pyI9XH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 57 4 12 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 26 52 12 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 57 7 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 59 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 52 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 30 44 15 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 52 11 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 52 14 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 57 10 9
  3. (usually in the plural) Dregs; sediment. Tags: countable, plural-normally, uncountable Translations (dregs): утайка (utajka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), sedlina [feminine] (Czech), sakka (Finnish), saos (Finnish), sédimentation [feminine] (French), sédiments [masculine, plural] (French), sedimento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-settling-en-noun-aNdKbt~u Disambiguation of 'dregs': 0 0 99

Verb

IPA: /ˈsɛtl̩ɪŋ/ Audio: en-us-settling.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} settling
  1. present participle and gerund of settle Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: settle Derived forms: settling basin, settling tank, settling time
    Sense id: en-settling-en-verb-zwE4AmJE

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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