settling

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of settle

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act of one who, or that which, settles; the act of establishing oneself, of colonizing, subsiding, adjusting, etc.
2. (countable, uncountable)The reckoning or settlement of accounts; the paying out of gambling winnings.
3. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable)Dregs; sediment.