Settled - English meaning

verb

Descend from a train, bus, or other form of transport.

Usage examples:

He was the only passenger to alight from the train

adjective

On fire; burning.

Usage examples:

The house was alight when the firemen arrived

verb

To get out of a vehicle

Usage examples:

He helped her alight from the train., the butterfly alighted on a flower.

adjective

Easy to perceive, understand, or interpret.

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Clear and precise directions

adverb

So as to be out of the way of or away from.

Usage examples:

He leapt clear of the car

verb

Remove an obstruction or unwanted item or items from.

Usage examples:

The drive had been cleared of snow

phrasal verb

Become clear

phrasal verb

(of an illness or bad weather) to go away, changing into a better condition

Usage examples:

If my cold doesn’t clear up, it will ruin my vacation., let’s hope the weather clears up., i want t…

verb

Provide money to pay (a cost or expense).

Usage examples:

The proceeds from the raffle help to defray the expenses of the evening

verb

To pay or provide all or part of the money for costs or expenses

Usage examples:

Defray costs/expenses a temporary tax rebate was available to help multinational corporations defra…

verb

Move or fall downwards.

Usage examples:

The aircraft began to descend

verb

Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

verb

To go down or come down something

Usage examples:

[ i ] the path descends to the valley below., [ t ] jane descended the stairs slowly in her wedding…

verb

Tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave a place or situation.

Usage examples:

They stressed that staff would not be actively discharging anyone and no programme was in place to …

noun

The action of discharging someone from a hospital or from the armed forces or police.

Usage examples:

Referrals can be discussed before discharge from hospital

verb

To allow someone to leave

Usage examples:

Allen was discharged from the hospital yesterday., [ i ] the soapy water from the washing machine w…

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

noun

A difficult or awkward situation from which it is hard to extricate oneself; a predicament.

Usage examples:

How on earth did you get into such a fix?

verb

Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken

verb

Fall or sit down heavily.

Usage examples:

I flumped back into bed

noun

The action or sound of a heavy fall.

Usage examples:

The rocks hit the ground with a flump

noun

The part of the earth's surface that is not covered by water.

Usage examples:

The reptiles lay their eggs on land

verb

Put (someone or something) on land from a boat.

Usage examples:

He landed his troops at hastings

noun

A state of germany or austria.

Usage examples:

A second school highlights the distinctive role of regional governments in federal systems, however…

noun

The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.

Usage examples:

The light of the sun

verb

Provide with light or lighting; illuminate.

Usage examples:

The room was lit by a number of small lamps

adjective

Having a considerable or sufficient amount of natural light; not dark.

Usage examples:

The bedrooms are light and airy

verb

Wind up the affairs of (a business) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets.

Usage examples:

If the company was liquidated, there would be enough funds released to honour the debts

verb

To sell your investments or property to make them available in the form of money

Usage examples:

Investors have started to liquidate their mutual funds., the company was forced into liquidation.

verb

If a business liquidates or is liquidated, it is closed so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts

Usage examples:

The only way for management to return value to shareholders in the short term is to liquidate the c…

verb

Give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred.

Usage examples:

The traveller paid a guide to show him across

noun

The money paid to someone for regular work.

Usage examples:

An entitlement to sickness pay

verb

Seal (the deck or seams of a wooden ship) with pitch or tar to prevent leakage.

Usage examples:

An open groove between the planks had to be payed by running in hot pitch from a special ladle

noun

An object on which a bird alights or roosts, typically a branch or horizontal bar.

Usage examples:

The budgerigar shuffled along its perch

verb

(of a bird) alight or rest on something.

Usage examples:

A herring gull perched on the rails

noun

An edible freshwater fish with a high spiny dorsal fin, dark vertical bars on the body, and orange lower fins.

Usage examples:

Out back of the house, oak, hemlock and cedar trees crown a path toward a 30-acre lake stocked with…

noun

The chemical element of atomic number 94, a dense silvery radioactive metal of the actinide series, used as a fuel in nuclear reactors and as an explosive in nuclear fission weapons. plutonium only occurs in trace amounts in nature but is manufactured in nuclear reactors from uranium-238.

The chemical element plutonium.

verb

Settle or find a solution to (a problem or contentious matter).

Usage examples:

The firm aims to resolve problems within 30 days

noun

Firm determination to do something.

Usage examples:

She received information that strengthened her resolve

verb

Find a solution or answer

verb

Meet the expectations, needs, or desires of (someone).

Usage examples:

I have never been satisfied with my job

idiom

Treat hurriedly or avoid dealing with properly

phrasal verb

To make less serious or easier to solve

Usage examples:

Negotiators have been able to smooth over differences in one area of disagreement.

verb

Find an answer to, explanation for, or means of effectively dealing with (a problem or mystery).

Usage examples:

The policy could solve the town's housing crisis

verb

Find the answer to or understand the meaning of

noun

A plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.

Usage examples:

A grid of ruled squares

adjective

Having the shape or approximate shape of a square.

Usage examples:

A square table

adverb

Directly; straight.

Usage examples:

The ball hit me square in the forehead

collocation

Find the solution to or understand the meaning of

phrasal verb

Plan or devise something in detail.

Usage examples:

We need to work out a seating plan

phrasal verb

Solve a sum or determine an amount by calculation.

Usage examples:

The interest rate is worked out by adding a certain amount to the current base rate