fix

Plural: fixes

Noun

• informal terms for a difficult situation
  • "he got into a terrible fix"
• something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
  • "she needed a fix of chocolate"
• the act of putting something in working order again
• an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear
  • "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
• a determination of the place where something is
  • "he got a good fix on the target"
• A repair or corrective action.
• A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
• A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
• A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
• Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.
• A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.
• A compulsive desire or thrill.
• A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
• An understanding, grasp of something.
• A determination of location.
• A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.
• Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)

Verb

Verb Forms: fixed, fixt, fixing, fixes

• To repair; to make firm or stable.
• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
• cause to be firmly attached
  • "she fixed her gaze on the man"
• decide upon or fix definitely
  • "fix the variables"
• prepare for eating by applying heat
  • "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
• take vengeance on or get even
  • "That'll fix him good!"
• set or place definitely
  • "Let's fix the date for the party!"
• kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
• make fixed, stable or stationary
  • "let's fix the picture to the frame"
• make infertile
• influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
  • "fix a race"
• put (something somewhere) firmly
  • "fix your eyes on this spot"
• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
  • "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
• To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.
• To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
• To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
• To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• To mend, to repair.
• To prepare (food or drink).
• To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
• To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
• To map (a point or subset) to itself.
• To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
• To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
• To convert into a stable or available form.
• To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
• To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
• To shoot; to inject a drug.

Examples

• A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.
• A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
• A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
• He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
• He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
• He had to FIX his strategy after a series of low-scoring turns in Scrabble.
• It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
• Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
• Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
• She fixed dinner for the kids.
• She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
• That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
• That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
• The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.
• The function f#58;#92;mathbb#123;R#125;#92;to#92;mathbb#123;R#125;#59;f(x)#58;#61;4x-3 fixes the point 1#92;in#92;mathbb#123;R#125;, since f(1)#61;4(1)-3#61;1.
• We have a fix on your position.
• You can't fix stupid.

Synonyms

bushel, cook, define, deposit, desex, desexualise, desexualize, determine, doctor, fasten, fixate, fixing, fixture, furbish up, gear up, get, hole, jam, kettle of fish, limit, localisation, localization, locating, location, make, mend, mending, mess, muddle, pay back, pay off, pickle, posit, prepare, ready, repair, reparation, restore, secure, set, set up, situate, specify, sterilise, sterilize, touch on, unsex, ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, castrate, cross, cross to bear, difficulty, dilemma, dire straits, doghouse, establish, fix, impale, join, neuter, ordeal, patch, pinch, plight, predicament, put to rights, put together, quagmire, quandary, rectify, rig, run through, settle down, situation, spay, spot, spot of bother, stick, sticky situation, sticky wicket, tight spot, trouble, unite

Antonyms

break, unfasten, change, move

Related Words

FIXABLE