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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb settle down has 3 senses

• settle down(v = verb.motion) settle - settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs"
is one way to lay, place, pose, position, put, set
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

• settle down(v = verb.change) root, settle, steady down, take root - become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; "He finally settled down"
is one way to stabilise, stabilize
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

• settle down(v = verb.emotion) calm, calm down, chill out, cool it, cool off, simmer down - become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

THESAURUS

settle down

alight, anchor, attain majority, be conservative, be moderate, be pacifistic, billet at, bivouac, bloom, burrow, camp, cave, cave in, colonize, come down, come in, come of age, come to anchor, come to maturity, crash-land, decline, descend, develop, ditch, domesticate, downwind, droop, drop anchor, ensconce, establish residence, fledge, flop, flop down, flower, flump, flump down, founder, give way, go down, grow, grow up, hive, inhabit, keep house, keep the peace, keep within bounds, keep within compass, land, lapse, leave the nest, level off, light, live at, live temperately, locate, lower, mature, mellow, moor, move, nest, not make waves, not resist, overshoot, pancake, park, people, perch, plop, plop down, plump, populate, practice nonviolence, practice self-control, reach manhood, reach twenty-one, reach voting age, relent, relocate, remit, reside, ripen, roost, sag, season, set, set up housekeeping, set up shop, settle, sink, sink down, sit down, slouch, slump, slump down, sober down, squat, stand, stay at, strike a balance, strike root, submerge, subside, swag, take in sail, take residence at, take root, take up residence, talk down, temper, toga virilis, touch down, upwind

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Stability

VB be firm, stick fast, stand firm, keep firm, remain firm, weather the storm, stay the course, stick to the course, keep the faith, don't give in, don't buckle under, settle, establish, stablish, ascertain, fix, set, stabilitate, retain, keep hold, make good, make sure, fasten, set on its legs, float, perpetuate, settle down, strike roots, put down roots, take root, take up one's abode, build one's house on a rock.

Moderation

VB be moderate, keep within bounds, keep within compass, sober down, settle down, keep the peace, remit, relent, take in sail, moderate, soften, mitigate, temper, accoy, attemper, contemper, mollify, lenify, dulcify, dull, take off the edge, blunt, obtund, sheathe, subdue, chasten, sober down, tone down, smooth down, weaken, lessen, check palliate, tranquilize, pacify, assuage, appease, swag, lull, soothe, compose, still, calm, calm down, cool, quiet, hush, quell, sober, pacify, tame, damp, lay, allay, rebate, slacken, smooth, alleviate, rock to sleep, deaden, smooth, throw cold water on, throw a wet blanket over, turn off, slake, curb, tame, smooth over, pour oil on the waves, pour oil on the troubled waters, pour balm into, mattre de l'eau dans son vin, go out like a lamb, roar you as gently as any sucking dove.

Location

VB place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install, house, stow, establish, fix, pin, root, graft, plant, shelve, pitch, camp, lay down, deposit, reposit, cradle, moor, tether, picket, pack, tuck in, embed, imbed, vest, invest in, billet on, quarter upon, saddle with, load, lade, freight, pocket, put up, bag, inhabit, domesticate, colonize, take root, strike root, anchor, cast anchor, come to an anchor, sit down, settle down, settle, take up one's abode, take up one's quarters, plant oneself, establish oneself, locate oneself, squat, perch, hive, se nicher, bivouac, burrow, get a footing, encamp, pitch one's tent, put up at, put up one's horses at, keep house, endenizen, naturalize, adopt, put back, replace.

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