1. To become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; SYN. check, break.
2. To break partially but keep its integrity.
3. To cause to become cracked.
4. To hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise.
5. To make a very sharp explosive sound.

1. To reach, make, or come to a decision about something; SYN. make up one's mind, determine.
2. To cause to decide.
3. To influence or determine.
4. To bring to an end; settle conclusively; SYN. settle, resolve.

1. To conclude after a calculation, investigation, experiment, or study; SYN. find, find out, ascertain.
2. To find out or learn with certainty; SYN. check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn.
3. To fix conclusively or authoritatively; SYN. set.
4. To fix in scope; fix the boundaries of; the tree determines the border of the property.
5. To shape or influence; give direction to; SYN. shape, influence, regulate. + prikaži više

ETYM The sense comes from the idea of loosening, breaking up into parts, analyzing, hence, determining.
1. To find the solution to; SYN. solve.
2. To make clearly visible, as of images in optics.

1. To accept despite complete satisfaction
2. To arrange or fix in the desired order
3. To become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
4. To become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style; SYN. take root, steady down, settle down.
> 5. To cause to settle, as of liquids.
6. To come to rest; SYN. halt.
7. To dispose of; make a financial settlement.
8. To end a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
9. To establish or develop as a residence:
10. To form a community
11. To get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury; SYN. get back.
12. To settle conclusively; come to terms; SYN. square off, square up, determine.
13. To settle into a position; SYN. settle down.
14. To take up residence and become established; SYN. locate, relocate. + prikaži više

To find the solution to (a problem or question): SYN. work, figure out, puzzle out, lick.

1. To decree or ordain
2. To determine by choice
3. To have in mind; SYN. wish.