fixing

Noun
Synonyms: repairfixfixturemendmendingreparationfastenerfasteningholdfastneuteringalteringfixation

WordNet 3.0

Noun (4)

  1. the act of putting something in working order againSynonyms: repairfixfixturemendmendingreparation
  2. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in placeSynonyms: fastenerfasteningholdfast
  3. the sterilization of an animal“they took him to the vet for neutering”Synonyms: neuteringaltering
  4. (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living bodySynonyms: fixation
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fix \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. [1913 Webster]

An ass's nole I fixed on his head.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence.— Herbert.[1913 Webster]
His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.— Ps. cxii. 7.[1913 Webster]
And fix far deeper in his head their stings.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker. [1913 Webster]

Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite.— Pope.[1913 Webster]
One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven.— Young.[1913 Webster]

3.To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] --Sandys. [1913 Webster]

4.(Photog.) To render (an impression) permanent by treating with a developer to make it insensible to the action of light. --Abney. [1913 Webster]

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.] [1913 Webster]

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

Syn: To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establish; settle; determine. [1913 Webster]

Fixing \Fix"ing\ (f[i^]ks"[i^]ng), n.

1.The act or process of making fixed. [1913 Webster]

2.That which is fixed; a fixture. [1913 Webster]

3.pl. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.] [1913 Webster]

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