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SETTLE ON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become fixed (on)

Example:

Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon

Synonyms:

fixate; settle on

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "settle on" is one way to...):

freeze; stop dead (stop moving or become immobilized)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

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