'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
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'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclimate,
- acclimatize,
- accommodate,
- accord,
- accustom,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- adjust to,
- affix,
- afford proof of,
- aim,
- aim at,
- align,
- allocate,
- allot,
- alter,
- amend,
- anchor,
- annex,
- antitoxin,
- apportion,
- approach,
- arrange,
- array,
- ascertain,
- aspect,
- assign,
- assimilate,
- assure,
- astronavigation,
- attach,
- attend to,
- attitude,
- attune,
- auger,
- azimuth,
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- bag,
- bang,
- base,
- be quits,
- bearing,
- bearings,
- beat,
- beat all hollow,
- beat hollow,
- bed,
- belay,
- bend,
- best,
- bewilderment,
- bite,
- blast,
- block out,
- blot out,
- booster,
- booster dose,
- booster shot,
- bore,
- bother,
- bound,
- box,
- break,
- break in,
- bribe,
- brighten up,
- bring home to,
- broach,
- brush up,
- build,
- build in,
- bump off,
- buy,
- buy off,
- carve,
- case,
- case harden,
- cast,
- castrate,
- catch,
- celestial navigation,
- cement,
- certify,
- change,
- chart,
- chisel,
- chronometer,
- cinch,
- circle in,
- circumscribe,
- circumstance,
- clamp,
- clear for action,
- clear the decks,
- clear up,
- clinch,
- close,
- close with,
- coastwise navigation,
- cobble,
- codify,
- collocate,
- come down on,
- commission,
- compose,
- concenter,
- concentrate,
- conclude,
- condition,
- confirm,
- confoundment,
- confusion,
- consolan,
- cook,
- cook up,
- coordinate,
- corner,
- corrupt,
- count,
- countersink,
- cramp,
- create,
- croak,
- cure,
- cut,
- cut to,
- darn,
- dead reckoning,
- deal,
- deal out,
- decide,
- deck,
- decrease,
- deep-dye,
- defeat,
- define,
- delimit,
- delimitate,
- demarcate,
- demonstrate,
- denominate,
- deploy,
- desexualize,
- designate,
- destroy,
- determine,
- dilemma,
- direct,
- directionize,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertedness,
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- dish,
- dismiss all doubt,
- dispose,
- distribute,
- disturbance,
- divide,
- do for,
- do in,
- do up,
- doctor,
- domesticate,
- domesticize,
- dose,
- draft,
- dress,
- drill,
- dropping,
- drub,
- drug packet,
- efform,
- emasculate,
- embarrassment,
- embed,
- emend,
- empierce,
- emplace,
- enclose,
- engraft,
- engrave,
- enigma,
- ensure,
- entrench,
- equalize,
- erase,
- establish,
- estate,
- etch,
- eunuchize,
- even the score,
- exposure,
- familiarize,
- fashion,
- fasten,
- figure,
- find,
- find out,
- fit,
- fix on,
- fix up,
- fixate,
- focus,
- follow,
- follow from,
- footing,
- forge,
- form,
- formalize,
- found,
- frame,
- frame up,
- freshen,
- frontage,
- furbish,
- furbish up,
- gear to,
- geld,
- gentle,
- get,
- get a fix,
- get at,
- get even with,
- get ready,
- get to,
- give it to,
- give the business,
- gore,
- gouge,
- gouge out,
- graft,
- grapple,
- grease,
- grease the palm,
- ground,
- gun down,
- habituate,
- harden,
- harmonize,
- have,
- have a case,
- hew,
- hide,
- hit,
- hold good,
- hold on,
- hold water,
- hole,
- home in on,
- homologate,
- homologize,
- honeycomb,
- hors de combat,
- housebreak,
- hypodermic,
- hypodermic injection,
- ice,
- impact,
- impale,
- implant,
- impress,
- imprint,
- increase,
- inculcate,
- indicate,
- infix,
- ingrain,
- injection,
- inoculation,
- inscribe,
- install,
- instill,
- insure,
- inure,
- invest,
- jam,
- jet injection,
- key to,
- knead,
- knit,
- knock out,
- KO,
- lambaste,
- lance,
- lather,
- lay,
- lay off,
- lay out,
- lay the foundation,
- level at,
- lick,
- lick into shape,
- lie,
- line,
- line of position,
- line up,
- localize,
- locate,
- location,
- lodge,
- loran,
- lot,
- lubricate,
- mainlining,
- make,
- make a decision,
- make arrangements,
- make certain,
- make fast,
- make good,
- make no doubt,
- make no mistake,
- make out,
- make plumb,
- make preparations,
- make quits,
- make ready,
- make sure,
- make sure of,
- make uniform,
- make up,
- mark,
- mark boundaries,
- mark off,
- mark out,
- mark the periphery,
- marshal,
- measure,
- mend,
- mention,
- methodize,
- mint,
- mobilize,
- modality,
- mode,
- model,
- mold,
- moor,
- mutilate,
- mystery,
- nail down,
- name,
- narcotic injection,
- narcotic shot,
- naturalize,
- navigate,
- needle,
- neuter,
- nonplus,
- normalize,
- number,
- off,
- organize,
- orient,
- orientate,
- orientation,
- outclass,
- outdo,
- outfight,
- outgeneral,
- outmaneuver,
- outpoint,
- outrun,
- outsail,
- outshine,
- overdose,
- overhaul,
- pack,
- pack the deal,
- parcel,
- parcel out,
- pass,
- patch,
- patch up,
- pay,
- pay off,
- pay out,
- penetrate,
- perforate,
- perplexity,
- perturbation,
- pick out,
- pickle,
- pierce,
- pilotage,
- pin down,
- pink,
- pinpoint,
- pitch,
- place,
- plan,
- plane sailing,
- plant,
- plight,
- plot,
- point,
- point at,
- point out,
- point to,
- point-to-point navigation,
- polish,
- polish off,
- polish up,
- popping,
- portion,
- position,
- position line,
- posture,
- pother,
- potion,
- prearrange,
- preconcert,
- precontrive,
- predesign,
- predicament,
- premeditate,
- preorder,
- prep,
- prepare,
- present,
- pretreat,
- prick,
- print,
- problem,
- process,
- proportion,
- prove,
- prove to be,
- prove true,
- provide,
- punch,
- puncture,
- punish,
- purchase,
- purpose,
- put,
- put in,
- put in commission,
- put in order,
- put in place,
- put in repair,
- put in shape,
- put in tune,
- put to,
- put up,
- puzzle,
- puzzlement,
- quandary,
- quantify,
- quantize,
- radar,
- radio beacon,
- radio bearing,
- radio navigation,
- rally,
- range,
- rank,
- rate,
- rationalize,
- reach,
- ready,
- ready up,
- ream,
- ream out,
- reassure,
- rebuild,
- recap,
- reconcile,
- recondition,
- reconstruct,
- rectify,
- reduce,
- regiment,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- remove all doubt,
- renovate,
- repair,
- resolve,
- retouch,
- retread,
- revamp,
- revise,
- revive,
- riddle,
- rig,
- right,
- rivet,
- root,
- rope off,
- rough out,
- roughcast,
- roughhew,
- routinize,
- rub out,
- rub up,
- ruin,
- rule,
- run through,
- scheme,
- scrape,
- screw up,
- sculpt,
- sculpture,
- scuttle,
- seal,
- season,
- seat,
- secure,
- see that,
- see to it,
- select,
- serve one out,
- service,
- set,
- set at rest,
- set in,
- set out,
- set right,
- set the limit,
- set to,
- set to rights,
- set up,
- settle,
- settle preliminaries,
- settle the matter,
- settle the score,
- settle with,
- sew up,
- sextant,
- shape,
- shine,
- shoot down,
- shooting up,
- shoran,
- shot,
- show,
- sight on,
- signify,
- similarize,
- sink,
- situate,
- situation,
- skewer,
- skin,
- skin alive,
- skin-popping,
- sofar,
- sonar,
- sop,
- sort out,
- space,
- spay,
- spear,
- specialize,
- specify,
- spike,
- spit,
- spot,
- spruce,
- spruce up,
- square,
- square accounts,
- stab,
- stabilize,
- stack the cards,
- stake out,
- stamp,
- standardize,
- standing,
- state,
- station,
- status,
- steady,
- stereotype,
- stew,
- stick,
- stipulate,
- straighten out,
- suborn,
- surround,
- sync,
- synchronize,
- systematize,
- tables,
- tailor,
- take a resolution,
- take care of,
- take revenge,
- tame,
- tamper with,
- tan,
- tap,
- thermoform,
- thrash,
- tickle the palm,
- tighten,
- tinker,
- tinker up,
- tone up,
- torpedo,
- touch up,
- train,
- train upon,
- transfix,
- transpierce,
- treat,
- trepan,
- trephine,
- triangulate,
- trice up,
- trim,
- trim to,
- triumph over,
- trounce,
- true,
- true up,
- try out,
- tune,
- tune up,
- turn,
- turn upon,
- unassuredness,
- undo,
- unsex,
- upset,
- vaccination,
- vaccine,
- vamp,
- vamp up,
- vest,
- waste,
- wedge,
- whip,
- will,
- wipe out,
- wont,
- work,
- work out,
- worst,
- zap,
- zero in on
Words containing 'Fix'
- Fixed,
- Fixedly,
- Fixing,
- To fix on,
- fix on,
- fix up,
- fixings,
- Fixed air,
- Fixed alkali,
- Fixed ammunition,
- Fixed battery,
- Fixed bodies,
- Fixed capital,
- Fixed fact,
- Fixed light,
- Fixed oils,
- Fixed pivot,
- Fixed stars,
- blanc fixe,
- embedded fixed,
- fixed charge,
- fixed cost,
- fixed costs,
- fixed disk,
- fixed intonation,
- fixed oil,
- fixed phagocyte,
- fixed star,
- fixed storage,
- fixing agent,
- prix fixe,
- quick fix,
- well fixed,
- Fixed cut-off,
- Fixed expansion gear,
- fix-it shop,
- fixed investment trust,
- nitrogen-fixing,
- price-fixing,
- well-fixed,
- fixed-combination drug,
- fixed-cycle operation,
- fixed-point notation,
- fixed-point number,
- fixed-point part,
- fixed-width font,
- fixed-point representation system