Search for crossword answers and clues
A gradual sinking to a lower level
Answer for the clue "A gradual sinking to a lower level ", 8 letters:
settling
Alternative clues for the word settling
Word definitions for settling in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Settle \Set"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Settled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Settling .] [OE. setlen, AS. setlan. [root]154. See Settle , n. In senses 7, 8, and 9 perhaps confused with OE. sahtlen to reconcile, AS. sahtlian, fr. saht reconciliation, sacon to contend, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a gradual sinking to a lower level [syn: subsiding , subsidence ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc. 2 (context usually plural English) dregs; sediment. vb. (present participle of settle English)
Usage examples of settling.
Leaving the cripple ablaze, settling, and pouring volcanic black smoke from the flammable cargo, he swung around in a long approach to what looked like a big troop Carrier, by far the fattest target in sight.
Banish coming down hard on top of the girl with the baby and the gun and Abies falling forward from the act of Fagin being blown back off his feet and settling still on the ground.
The flow from tens of millions of toilets coursed through settling and aerating paddies the size of large farms.
Through the windows opposite shone an afterglow sky of ochre and pale-green, and from somewhere just outside came the low cackle of birds settling to roost along a cornicemy-nahs or starlings.
Persons are deterred from settling in the neighborhood by the aguish character of the country.
Settling beside him, Alec looked out at the wild beauty of the night and let out a happy sigh.
In the early part of this session of congress, the president announced that he was about to negotiate with the British government for finally settling the claims of the two countries to this territory.
Stroker called angrily from behind the bar, and Astel immediately got to her feet and moved behind the bar to start cleaning up and settling down matters for the night.
It had been occupied by a powerful colony of Gauls, who, settling themselves along the banks of the Po, from Piedmont to Romagna, carried their arms and diffused their name from the Alps to the Apennine.
The leaves when bruised, if worn in the hat, or rubbed on the face, will prevent flies from settling on the person.
He buffed them gently and rubbed the rag over her, and she lifted her head and gave him another of those wavering, limpid gazes, before settling back down to sleep again.
There was a hydraulic whine and the Buick came out of its snout-up, tail-down posture, settling back on its whitewalls.
We can hardly fancy the Archbishop of Canterbury or York resigning his diocese and settling down quietly on the top of Scafell or Cader Idris to secure his eternal welfare.
Taylor and a majority of commissioners said settling the case now was cheaper than litigating it for years.
Coming around as Drock reached him, the Mask pumped bullets into his wild-eyed attacker, settling the Drock question permanently.