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Fixed

adjective

1.

(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value.

2.

Fixed and unmoving. Synonyms: rigid, set. "His bearded face already has a set hollow look" , "A face rigid with pain"

3.

Securely placed or fastened or set. "A fixed resistor" Antonym: unfixed.

4.

Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g.. Synonym: frozen. "Living on fixed incomes"

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" Antonym: break.

2.

Cause to be firmly attached. Synonyms: fasten, secure. "She fixed her gaze on the man" Antonym: unfasten.

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"

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"Fixed" Quotes from Famous Books

... dear Marcellinus, of that most glorious City of God, both in her present pilgrimage and life by faith, and in that fixed and everlasting seat which she awaits in patience. I write to defend her against those who place their gods above her Founder—a great and arduous work, but God is my aid. I well know what power a writer needs who would show the proud how great ...

— The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. - Religion and Philosophy • Various

... consisting of a grimy- looking man, somewhat under the middle size, dressed in faded velveteens, and wearing a leather apron—a rather pretty-looking woman, but sun-burnt, and meanly dressed, and two ragged children, a boy and girl, about four or five years old. The man sat with his eyes fixed upon the table, supporting his chin with both his hands; the woman, who was next him, sat quite still, save that occasionally she turned a glance upon her husband with eyes that appeared to have been lately crying. The children had none of the vivacity so general at their age. A more disconsolate ...

— Lavengro - The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest • George Borrow

... submitted to Guerin, and from the sketches he fixed the scale of the figures. In one instance the change of scale led to a change of subject. The second sketches were made on a larger scale. When they were accepted the decorators were told that the final canvases were to be painted in San Francisco in order to make ...

— The City of Domes • John D. Barry

... the same objection pressed more closely—is this. The present definition naturally brings up the picture of certain constant and stable surroundings enclosing an environed object which is to be changed at their demand. No such state of things exists. There is no fixed environment. It is always fixable. Every environment is plastic and derives its character, at least partially, from the environed object. Each stone sends out its little gravitative and chemical ...

— The Nature of Goodness • George Herbert Palmer

... upward. Our end of it was tied to the rope ladder, which Hugues unfolded as it continued to be drawn up by Mathilde. At the junction of cord and ladder was fixed the paper with instructions. Mathilde could not overlook this nor mistake its purpose. When the ladder was nearly all in the air, its movement ceased. We knew then that Mathilde had the other end of it. Presently the window ...

— The Bright Face of Danger • Robert Neilson Stephens

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