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The Meaning of fix

  • (a.) Fixed; solidified.
  • (v. t.) To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.
  • (v. t.) To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
  • (v. t.) To transfix; to pierce.
  • (v. t.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
  • (v. i.) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (n.) A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.
  • (n.) fettling.

Synonyms

tidy sum , smother , peck , mint , crush , plenty , lot , location , locating , localisation , raft , quite a little , passel , hole , mare's nest , press , jam , pile , muckle , fixture , mend , golf hole , electronic jamming , good deal , maw , fixing , mending , sight , gob , trap , deal , pickle , flock , stack , kettle of fish , fuddle , wad , messiness , hatful , mickle , hollow , heap , great deal , mess , repair , clutter , mess hall , mass , jamming , batch , yap , mountain , welter , spate , mussiness , slew , localization , jumble , cakehole , muss , muddle , reparation , pot , darn , stamping ground , haunt , neutering , fastener , holdfast , fixedness , fixation , hangout , habitue , altering , amends , fastening , fastness , resort , secureness , regular , fixity , patch , localisation principle , placement , localisation of function , localization principle , position , emplacement , positioning , localization of function , touch , furbish up , cook , desexualise , sterilize , ready , concern , prepare , get , set up , compensate , revivify , remediate , recompense , secure , pertain , sterilise , gear up , impact , regenerate , vivify , amend , situate , have-to doe with , heal , make , fasten , determine , renovate , bushel , desexualize , reestablish , define , specify , rejuvenate , reconstruct , sophisticate , quicken , refer , desex , affect , unsex , fixate , restore , relate , rectify , touch on , recreate , deposit , remedy , pay back , doctor up , posit , bear on , bear upon , come to , animate , reanimate , limit , revive , restitute , set , pay off , reinstate , doctor , indemnify , batten down , stop up , insure , guarantee , procure , ensure , assure , tighten , plug , batten , specialise , particularise , localize , fructify , coiffure , delimitate , delimit , mold , peg down , put , regulate , do , condition , place , learn , countersink , arrange , make up one's mind , lay , plant , coif , dress , trammel , localise , ascertain , mark , circumscribe , go under , square up , check , correct , nail down , delineate , particularize , decide , find out , see , sic , square off , jell , restrict , destine , coiffe , find , throttle , pose , pin down , influence , typeset , rig , qualify , bound , narrow , set apart , narrow down , watch , go down , congeal , intend , assign , confine , stipulate , restrain , shape , settle , lay out , specialize , adjust , designate , wee-wee , take , hit , bring in , construct , draw , stool , have , lay down , piddle , hold , piss , constitute , fudge , reach , earn , stimulate , get to , shit , name , falsify , make water , progress to , create , crap , take a shit , pretend , gain , defecate , establish , pee , realize , train , make up , develop , give , attain , relieve oneself , pull in , wee , induce , form , spend a penny , fake , micturate , take in , machinate , organise , score , build , make believe , throw , pass water , arrive at , pee-pee , ca-ca , devise , misrepresent , puddle , take a crap , clear , produce , nominate , groom , educate , manipulate , organize , take a leak , cause , urinate , get up , wangle , work , realise , seduce , mystify , experience , become , sustain , receive , scram , amaze , sire , drive , engender , go , get under one's skin , stick , suffer , beat , pay , set about , get down , fuck off , incur , contract , bring forth , grow , dumbfound , stupefy , start , arrest , beget , liquidate , bring , bewilder , mother , buy off , father , buzz off , catch , let , obtain , redeem , puzzle , flummox , repay , generate , capture , baffle , start out , vex , aim , perplex , gravel , begin , fetch , reward , commence , arrive , set out , convey , acquire , come , bugger off , nonplus , settle on , put forward , bank , state , postulate , lodge , locate , wedge , submit , launch , entrap , effect , frame , install , raise , found , effectuate , put together , tack , pitch , assemble , piece , rear , put in , instal , order , ensnare , erect , put up , tack together , bind , compel , fetter , oblige , shackle , engage , tie

Antonyms

free , loose , set free , unbind , unfasten , unloose , untie

Rhymes

affix , bix , bricks , brix , chicks , chopsticks , clicks , cliques , conflicts , crucifix , cyrix , depicts , dickes , dicks , dix , flicks , fricks , frix , hicks , hix , inflicts , intermix , kicks , knicks , mix , nicks , nix , nyx , picks , pix , politics , predicts , pricks , ricks , six , slicks , sticks , styx , ticks , tics , tricks , vicks , wickes