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Fixing

noun

1.

The act of putting something in working order again. Synonyms: fix, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation.

2.

Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. Synonyms: fastener, fastening, holdfast.

3.

The sterilization of an animal. Synonyms: altering, neutering.

4.

(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body. Synonym: fixation.

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"

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"Fixing" Quotes from Famous Books

... the monk, unconsciously fixing his eye again on the windows of the palace. "Is it certain that the prisoner ...

— The Bravo • J. Fenimore Cooper

... decided by the Supreme Court in 1876 was possibly the most vital case in the history of the regulation of public service corporations after the Civil War. The legislature of Illinois, in conformity with the state constitution of 1870, had passed a law fixing maximum charges for the storage of grain in warehouses. The owners of a certain warehouse refused compliance with the law on the ground that it was contrary to the Constitution and hence null and void. They argued that when the state fixed rates it deprived the owners of the right ...

— The United States Since The Civil War • Charles Ramsdell Lingley

... Hence the Apostle proves this from human custom, saying (1 Cor. 9:7): "Who serveth as a soldier at any time at his own charge? Who planteth a vineyard and eateth not of the fruit thereof?" But the fixing of the proportion to be offered to the ministers of divine worship does not belong to the natural law, but was determined by divine institution, in accordance with the condition of that people to whom the law was being ...

— Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas

... be sure to be imperfect reports, indiscreet or haphazard revelations of this or that particular part of the Bill, utterly wanting in balance, symmetry, and comprehensiveness. The whole thing was new to the country, and there would have been much danger in fixing public attention upon some one part of the proposed reform until the public could be in a position to judge the scheme ...

— A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV (of 4) • Justin McCarthy and Justin Huntly McCarthy

... comfortable for the night?" Bobolink retorted, being one of the kind who can make the best of a bad bargain when necessary. "All we want to do is to get the tents up and a fire going, so we can cook something. Then in the morning we'll do all the fancy fixing you can shake a stick at, and try out all the new wrinkles every fellow's had in mind since our last camp. This is what I like. A lake for me, with an island in it that nobody lives on, but p'raps an old wildcat or ...

— The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat • George A. Warren

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