Definitions for: Settling

[n] a gradual sinking to a lower level

Webster (1913) Definition: Set"tling, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of
establishing one's self, of colonizing, subsiding,
adjusting, etc.

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

Settling day, a day for settling accounts, as in the stock
market.

Synonyms: subsidence, subsiding

See Also: sinking