'Fix' definitions:

Definition of 'fix'

From: WordNet
noun
Informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" [syn: fix, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish]
noun
Something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate"
noun
The act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation]
noun
An exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
noun
A determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target" [syn: localization, localisation, location, locating, fix]
verb
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" [syn: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on] [ant: break, bust]
verb
Cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" [syn: fasten, fix, secure] [ant: unfasten]
verb
Decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" [syn: specify, set, determine, define, fix, limit]
verb
Prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make, prepare]
verb
Take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" [syn: pay back, pay off, get, fix]
verb
Set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
verb
Kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
verb
Make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame" [syn: fixate, fix]
verb
Make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized" [syn: sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix]
verb
Influence an event or its outcome by illegal means; "fix a race"
verb
Put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" [syn: situate, fix, posit, deposit]
verb
Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set]

Definition of 'Fix'

From: GCIDE
  • Fix \Fix\ (f[i^]ks), a. [OE., fr. L. fixus, p. p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe.] Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fix'

From: GCIDE
  • Fix \Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed (f[i^]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. Fixing.] [Cf. F. fixer.]
  • 1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite. [1913 Webster]
  • An ass's nole I fixed on his head. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. --Herbert. [1913 Webster]
  • His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps. cxii. 7. [1913 Webster]
  • And fix far deeper in his head their stings. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker. [1913 Webster]
  • Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. --Young. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light. --Abney. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
  • Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fix'

From: GCIDE
  • Fix \Fix\, n.
  • 1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • Is he not living, then? No. is he dead, then? No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. --De Quincey. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Iron Manuf.) fettling. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fix'

From: GCIDE
  • Fix \Fix\, v. i.
  • 1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. [1913 Webster]
  • Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here. --Waller. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. 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. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'fix'

From: GCIDE
  • Fettling \Fet"tling\, n.
  • 1. (Metal.) A mixture of ore, cinders, etc., used to line the hearth of a puddling furnace. [Eng.]
  • Note: [It is commonly called fix in the United States.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Pottery) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'fix'

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