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fix⋅ing

[fik-sing]

–noun

1.	the act of a person or thing that fixes.

fixings. Also, fix⋅in's [fik-sinz]

. Informal.

a.	the necessary ingredients: salad fixings.

b.	the appropriate accompaniments; trimmings: turkey with all the fixings.

3.	gold fixing.

Origin:
1425–75; late ME; see fix, -ing ¹

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fix

[fiks]

verb, fixed or fixt, fix⋅ing, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to repair; mend.

2.	to put in order or in good condition; adjust or arrrange: She fixed her hair in a bun.

3.	to make fast, firm, or stable.

4.	to place definitely and more or less permanently: to fix a circus poster to a wall.

5.	to settle definitely; determine: to fix a price.

6.	to direct (the eyes, the attention, etc.) steadily: His eyes were fixed on the distant ship.

7.	to attract and hold (the eye, the attention, etc.).

8.	to make set or rigid.

9.	to put into permanent form.

10.	to put or place (responsibility, blame, etc.) on a person.

11.	to assign or refer to a definite place, time, etc.

12.	to provide or supply with (something needed or wanted): How are you fixed for money?

13.	Informal. to arrange or influence the outcome or action of, esp. privately or dishonestly: to fix a jury; to fix a game.

14.	to get (a meal); prepare (food): What time shall I fix supper?

15.	Informal. to put in a condition or position to make no further trouble.

16.	Informal. to get even with; get revenge upon: I'll fix him!

17.	Informal. to castrate or spay (an animal, esp. a pet).

18.

Chemistry.

a.	to make stable in consistency or condition; reduce from fluidity or volatility to a more stable state.

b.	to convert atmospheric nitrogen into a useful compound, as a nitrate fertilizer.

19.	Photography. to render (an image) permanent by removing light-sensitive silver halides.

20.	Microscopy. to kill, make rigid, and preserve for microscopic study.

–verb (used without object)

21.	to become fixed.

22.	to become set; assume a rigid or solid form.

23.	to become stable or permanent.

24.	to settle down.

25.	Slang. to inject oneself with a narcotic.

26.	Chiefly Southern U.S. to prepare; plan (usually fol. by an infinitive): I was just fixing to call you. We're fixing to go to Colorado this summer.

–noun

27.	Informal. a position from which it is difficult to escape; predicament.

28.	Informal. a repair, adjustment, or solution, usually of an immediate nature: Can you think of a fix for the problem?

29.

Navigation.

a.	a charted position of a vessel or aircraft, determined by two or more bearings taken on landmarks, heavenly bod-ies, etc.

b.	the determining of the position of a ship, plane, etc., by mathematical, electronic, or other means: The navigator took a fix on the sun and steered the ship due north.

30.	a clear determination: Can you get a fix on what he really means?

31.

Slang.

a.	an injection of heroin or other narcotic.

b.	the narcotic or amount of narcotic injected.

c.	a compulsively sought dose or infusion of something: to need one's daily fix of soap operas on TV.

32.

Slang.

a.	an underhand or illegal arrangement, esp. one secured through bribery or influence.

b.	a contest, situation, etc., whose outcome is prearranged dishonestly.

—Verb phrases

33.	fix on or upon, to decide on; determine: We won't be able to fix on a location for the banquet until we know the number of guests.

34.

fix up, Informal.

a.	to arrange for: to fix up a date.

b.	to provide with; furnish.

c.	to repair; renew.

d.	to smooth over; solve: They weren't able to fix up their differences.

—Idioms

35.	fix one's wagon, Informal. to exact retribution for an offense; treat someone vengefully: I'll dock his pay and that will fix his wagon.

36.	in a fix, Older Slang. pregnant.

Origin:
1350–1400; 1900–05 for def. 29; 1935–40 for def. 31; ME fixen (v.) < ML fixāre, deriv. of L fixus fixed, ptp. of fīgere to fasten

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trans⋅fix

[trans-fiks]

–verb (used with object), -fixed or fixt, fix⋅ing.

1.	to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc.

2.	to pierce through with or as if with a pointed weapon; impale.

3.	to hold or fasten with or on something that pierces.

Origin:
1580–90; < L trānsfīxus (ptp. of trānsfīgere to pierce through), equiv. to trāns- trans- + fīg(ere) to pierce + -sus, var. of -tus ptp. suffix

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fix   (fĭks) Pronunciation Key
v.   fixed, fix·ing, fix·es

v.   tr.

1. To place securely; make stable or firm: fixed the tent poles in the ground. See Synonyms at fasten.
2. To secure to another; attach: fixing the notice to the board with tacks.
3. To put into a stable or unalterable form: tried to fix the conversation in her memory.
4. To make (a chemical substance) nonvolatile or solid.
5. Biology To convert (nitrogen) into stable, biologically assimilable compounds.
6. To kill and preserve (a specimen) intact for microscopic study.
7. To prevent discoloration of (a photographic image) by washing or coating with a chemical preservative.
8. To set or place definitely; establish: fixed her residence in a coastal village.
9. To determine with accuracy; ascertain: fixed the date of the ancient artifacts.
10. To agree on; arrange: fix a time to meet.
11. To correct or set right; adjust: fix a misspelling; fix the out-of-date accounts.
12. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair: fix a broken machine.
13. Computer Science To convert (data) from floating-point notation to fixed-point notation.
1. To put into a stable or unalterable form: tried to fix the conversation in her memory.
2. To make (a chemical substance) nonvolatile or solid.
3. Biology To convert (nitrogen) into stable, biologically assimilable compounds.
4. To kill and preserve (a specimen) intact for microscopic study.
5. To prevent discoloration of (a photographic image) by washing or coating with a chemical preservative.
6. To set or place definitely; establish: fixed her residence in a coastal village.
7. To determine with accuracy; ascertain: fixed the date of the ancient artifacts.
8. To agree on; arrange: fix a time to meet.
9. To correct or set right; adjust: fix a misspelling; fix the out-of-date accounts.
10. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair: fix a broken machine.
11. Computer Science To convert (data) from floating-point notation to fixed-point notation.
To direct steadily: fixed her eyes on the road ahead.
To capture or hold: The man with the long beard fixed our attention.
1. To set or place definitely; establish: fixed her residence in a coastal village.
2. To determine with accuracy; ascertain: fixed the date of the ancient artifacts.
3. To agree on; arrange: fix a time to meet.
4. To correct or set right; adjust: fix a misspelling; fix the out-of-date accounts.
5. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair: fix a broken machine.
6. Computer Science To convert (data) from floating-point notation to fixed-point notation.
To assign; attribute: fixing the blame.
1. To correct or set right; adjust: fix a misspelling; fix the out-of-date accounts.
2. To restore to proper condition or working order; repair: fix a broken machine.
3. Computer Science To convert (data) from floating-point notation to fixed-point notation.
To make ready; prepare: fixed the room for the guests; fix lunch for the kids; fixed himself a milkshake.
To spay or castrate (an animal).
Informal To take revenge upon; get even with.
To influence the outcome or actions of by improper or unlawful means: fix a prizefight; fix a jury.

v. intr.

To direct one's efforts or attention; concentrate: We fixed on the immediate goal.
To become stable or firm; harden: Fresh plaster will fix in a few hours.
Chiefly Southern U.S. To be on the verge of; to be making preparations for. Used in progressive tenses with the infinitive: We were fixing to leave without you.

1. The act of adjusting, correcting, or repairing.
2. Informal Something that repairs or restores; a solution: no easy fix for an intractable problem.
The position, as of a ship or aircraft, determined by visual observations with the aid of equipment.
A clear determination or understanding: a briefing that gave us a fix on the current situation.
An instance of arranging a special consideration, such as an exemption from a requirement, or an improper or illegal outcome, especially by means of bribery.
A difficult or embarrassing situation; a predicament. See Synonyms at predicament.
Slang An amount or dose of something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic.

Phrasal Verb(s):
fix up

To improve the appearance or condition of; refurbish.
To provide; equip.
Informal To provide a companion on a date for: fixed me up with an escort at the last minute.

Idiom(s):
fix (someone's) wagon
To get revenge on another.

[Middle English fixen, from fix, fixed in position, from Latin fīxus, past participle of fīgere, to fasten; see dhīg^w- in Indo-European roots.]

fix'a·ble adj.
Fixing to ranks with y'all as one of the best known markers of Southern dialects, although it occasionally appears in the informal speech and writing of non-Southerners as well. Fixing to means "to be on the verge of or in preparation for (doing a given thing)," but like the modal auxiliaries, it has only a single invariant form and is not fully inflected like other verbs. Its form is always the present participle followed by the infinitive marker to: They were fixing to leave without me. Semantically, fixing to can refer only to events that immediately follow the speaker's point of reference. One cannot say, "We're fixing to have a baby in a couple of years." The use of fixing to as an immediate or proximate future is very common in African American Vernacular English, and is one of many features that this variety of English shares with Southern dialects.

fixing
noun
1.	the act of putting something in working order again [syn: repair]
2.	restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place [syn: fastener]
3.	the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering" [syn: 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 [syn: fixation]

Fixing

Fix\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed (f[i^]kst); p. pr. & vb. n. Fixing.] [Cf. F. fixer.]

1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.

An ass's nole I fixed on his head. --Shak.

O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. --Herbert.

His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. --Ps. cxii. 7.

And fix far deeper in his head their stings. --Milton.

2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.

Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. --Pope.

One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. --Young.

3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys.

4. (Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light. --Abney.

5. 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. [Colloq. U.S.]

6. (Iron Manuf.) To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.

Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine.