settling

IPA: sˈɛtʌɫɪŋ

The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
The reckoning or settlement of accounts; the paying out of gambling winnings.
(usually in the plural) Dregs; sediment.

Examples of "settling" in Sentences

In the park, the dinosaurs are settling in.
She carefully placed the phone back on its hook and then turned to Jesse, her expression settling into hard lines.
Every foreign player that comes into a league in Europe that's not their home league and there's what they call a settling in period,
Then I came across this section entitled ‘The Perpetual Adolescent’ about men who (the book proposes) will have no interest in settling down until they hit forty, and whose lifestyle and perspective the book then described in intimate detail.
The enormous impact Chic made in settling disputes between Eritrea and Ethiopia is equally riveting, although, as most Americans, my own ignorance on events in that part of Africa dampen my understanding and appreciation of what appears to have been Chic's Herculean efforts.