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Fix

verb
(past & past part. fixed; pres. part. fixing)
1.
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.  Synonyms: bushel, doctor, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on.  "Repair my shoes please"
2.
Cause to be firmly attached.  Synonyms: fasten, secure.  "She fixed her gaze on the man"
3.
Decide upon or fix definitely.  Synonyms: define, determine, limit, set, specify.  "Specify the parameters"
4.
Prepare for eating by applying heat.  Synonyms: cook, make, prepare, ready.  "Can you make me an omelette?" , "Fix breakfast for the guests, please"
5.
Take vengeance on or get even.  Synonyms: get, pay back, pay off.  "That'll fix him good!" , "This time I got him"
6.
Set or place definitely.
7.
Kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study.
8.
Make fixed, stable or stationary.  Synonym: fixate.
9.
Make infertile.  Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex.
10.
Influence an event or its outcome by illegal means.
11.
Put (something somewhere) firmly.  Synonyms: deposit, posit, situate.  "Deposit the suitcase on the bench" , "Fix your eyes on this spot"
12.
Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.  Synonyms: gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up.  "Prepare for war" , "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
noun
1.
Informal terms for a difficult situation.  Synonyms: hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle.  "He made a muddle of his marriage"
2.
Something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug.
3.
The act of putting something in working order again.  Synonyms: fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation.
4.
An exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear.
5.
A determination of the place where something is.  Synonyms: localisation, localization, locating, location.



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"Fix" Quotes from Famous Books



... said Rosemary in a low voice. "I wish I could fix her just once—she doesn't know how to ...
— Rainbow Hill • Josephine Lawrence
... was told to Sir Walter Manny and Sir Amauri de Clisson, by friends and spies, who represented the danger in which the two knights were. They bethought themselves what was best to be done, but after considering schemes, could fix on none. At last Sir Walter said, 'Gentlemen, it would do us great honour if we could rescue these two knights. If we should adventure it and should fail, King Edward would himself be obliged to us, and all wise men who may hear of it in times to come will ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) • John Roby
... Griffin's wharf, where the tea vessels lay, proceeded to fix tackles and hoist the tea upon deck, cut the chests to pieces, and throw the tea over the side.... They began upon the two ships first, as they had nothing on board but the tea, then proceeded to the brig, which had hauled to the wharf but the day before, and had but a small part of her cargo ...
— Tea Leaves • Various
... more regard for thee than thou for thyself. If I had let thee dash out to fix up on the public wall that denunciation thou hadst written of the barbarian mob, there had been no life of thine to risk to-day. Fly the town, I beseech thee, or find thicker walls than mine. Thou knowest I would shelter thee had I the power; ...
— Dreamers of the Ghetto • I. Zangwill
... intended to be realized for 1783. By this estimate, which is subjoined,[5] it appears to your Committee, that, so far from any surplus profit from this transaction, the Bengal adventurers themselves, instead of realizing 2s. 2d. the rupee, (the standard they fix for their payment,) will not receive the 1s. 9d. which is its utmost value in silver at the Mint, nor probably above 1s. 5d. With this certain loss before their eyes, it is impossible that they ...
— The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VIII. (of 12) • Edmund Burke


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