Definitions of settling

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

2. That which settles at the bottom of a liquid; lees; dregs; sediment.

3. The act of adjusting; a planting or colonizing; subsidence.

4. The act of making a settlement; a colonising; an adjustment of difference.