Simmer (down) Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Simmer (down) crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on November 20 2024 Universal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Simmer (down) has a total of 6 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | SETTLE | Simmer (down) | Universal |
Definition
| • | A seat of any kind. |
| • | A bench; especially, a bench with a high back. |
| • | A place made lower than the rest; a wide step or platform lower than some other part. |
| • | To place in a fixed or permanent condition; to make firm, steady, or stable; to establish; to fix; esp., to establish in life; to fix in business, in a home, or the like. |
| • | To establish in the pastoral office; to ordain or install as pastor or rector of a church, society, or parish; as, to settle a minister. |
| • | To cause to be no longer in a disturbed condition; to render quiet; to still; to calm; to compose. |
| • | To clear of dregs and impurities by causing them to sink; to render pure or clear; -- said of a liquid; as, to settle coffee, or the grounds of coffee. |
| • | To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads. |
| • | To cause to sink; to lower; to depress; hence, also, to render close or compact; as, to settle the contents of a barrel or bag by shaking it. |
| • | To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; to make sure, firm, or constant; to establish; to compose; to quiet; as, to settle the mind when agitated; to settle questions of law; to settle the succession to a throne; to settle an allowance. |
| • | To adjust, as something in discussion; to make up; to compose; to pacify; as, to settle a quarrel. |
| • | To adjust, as accounts; to liquidate; to balance; as, to settle an account. |
| • | Hence, to pay; as, to settle a bill. |
| • | To plant with inhabitants; to colonize; to people; as, the French first settled Canada; the Puritans settled New England; Plymouth was settled in 1620. |
| • | To become fixed or permanent; to become stationary; to establish one's self or itself; to assume a lasting form, condition, direction, or the like, in place of a temporary or changing state. |
| • | To fix one's residence; to establish a dwelling place or home; as, the Saxons who settled in Britain. |
| • | To enter into the married state, or the state of a householder. |
| • | To be established in an employment or profession; as, to settle in the practice of law. |
| • | To become firm, dry, and hard, as the ground after the effects of rain or frost have disappeared; as, the roads settled late in the spring. |
| • | To become clear after being turbid or obscure; to clarify by depositing matter held in suspension; as, the weather settled; wine settles by standing. |
| • | To sink to the bottom; to fall to the bottom, as dregs of a liquid, or the sediment of a reserveir. |
| • | To sink gradually to a lower level; to subside, as the foundation of a house, etc. |
| • | To become calm; to cease from agitation. |
| • | To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement; as, he has settled with his creditors. |
| • | To make a jointure for a wife. |
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- Universal: Nov 20, 2024
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