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fix.

To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/fɪks/Australia, Canada, UK, US/fəks/New-Zealand
  1. To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone.

    broadly · obsolete · transitive
    He fixed me with a sickly grin, and said, "I told you it wouldn't work!"
  3. To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.

    transitive
    A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.
    A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.
  4. To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time. To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.

    figuratively · passive · transitive · usually
    She's fixed on the idea of becoming a doctor.
  5. To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time. To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.

    transitive
  6. To mend, to repair.

    transitive
    That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.
    You can't fix stupid.
  7. To mend, to repair. To be immensely pleasurable to.

    excessive · transitive
    Some pizza rolls would fix me right now.
    Getting tongued by a hot woman would fix me.
  8. To prepare (food or drink).

    ditransitive · informal
    She fixed dinner for the kids.
  9. To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.

    transitive
    A majority of voters believed the election was fixed in favor of the incumbent.
  10. To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.

    US · informal · transitive
    Rover stopped digging under the fence after we had the vet fix him.
  11. To map (a point or subset) to itself.

    transitive
    The function f#58;#92;mathbb#123;R#125;#92;to#92;mathbb#123;R#125;#59;f(x)#58;#61;4x-3 fixes the point 1#92;in#92;mathbb#123;R#125;, since f(1)#61;4(1)-3#61;1.
  12. To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

    informal · transitive
    He got caught breaking into lockers, so a couple of guys fixed him after work.
  13. To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.

    transitive
  14. To convert into a stable or available form.

    transitive
    Legumes are valued in crop rotation for their ability to fix nitrogen.
  15. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.

    intransitive
  16. 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.

    intransitive
  17. To shoot up; to inject a drug.

    intransitive · slang
  18. To arrange (an event etc.).

    transitive
    Could you fix it for me to meet the band backstage?
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fix (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgō (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.

noun/fɪks/Australia, Canada, UK, US/fəks/New-Zealand
  1. A repair or corrective action.

    That plumber's fix is much better than the first one's.
  2. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.

    It rained before we repaired the roof, and were we in a fix!
  3. A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected.

    slang
  4. A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected. Something that satisfies a yearning or a craving.

    broadly · figuratively · slang
  5. A single dose of a narcotic drug, especially when injected. A compulsive desire or thrill.

    broadly · figuratively · slang
  6. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.

  7. An understanding, grasp of something.

  8. A determination of location.

    We have a fix on your position.
  9. A non-waypoint terrain feature used to make a determination of location.

  10. Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).

    US
Where this word comes from

From Middle English fixen, borrowed from Old French *fixer (attested only as ficher, fichier; > English fitch), from fix (“fastened; fixed”), from Latin fīxus (“immovable; steady; stable; fixed”), from fīgō (“to drive in; stick; fasten”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to jab; stick; set”). Related to dig.

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