verb

1. To conclude or resolve (something):

2. To place or arrange in(to) a desired (especially: calm) state, or make final disposition of (something).

   “to settle her estate”

3. To become calm, quiet, or orderly; to stop being agitated.

   “the weather settled;  wait until the crowd settles before speaking”

Synonyms: adjust, arrange, compose, decide, determine, establish, fix, regulate

noun

1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.

2. The reckoning or settlement of accounts.

3. (usually in the plural) Dregs; sediment.