fix
fix is a 3-letter English word with 28 senses as adjective, transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fixed; solidified. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Fixed; solidified.
- transitive verb. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.
- transitive verb. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
- transitive verb. To transfix; to pierce.
- transitive verb. To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light.
- transitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
- intransitive verb. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- noun. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.
- noun. fettling.
- noun. a determination of the place where something is
"he got a good fix on the target"
- noun. an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear
"collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
- noun. the act of putting something in working order again
- noun. something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
"she needed a fix of chocolate"
- noun. informal terms for a difficult situation
"he got into a terrible fix"
"he made a muddle of his marriage"
- verb. make infertile
"in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
- verb. restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
"She repaired her TV set"
"Repair my shoes please"
- verb. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
"Get the children ready for school!"
"prepare for war"
- verb. kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
- verb. make fixed, stable or stationary
"let's fix the picture to the frame"
- verb. decide upon or fix definitely
"fix the variables"
"specify the parameters"
- verb. take vengeance on or get even
"We'll get them!"
"That'll fix him good!"
- verb. cause to be firmly attached
"fasten the lock onto the door"
"she fixed her gaze on the man"
- verb. put (something somewhere) firmly
"She posited her hand on his shoulder"
"deposit the suitcase on the bench"
- verb. set or place definitely
"Let's fix the date for the party!"
- verb. prepare for eating by applying heat
"Cook me dinner, please"
"can you make me an omelette?"
- verb. influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
"fix a race"
Synonyms
localisation, localization, locating, location, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation, hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex, bushel, doctor, restore
Common word forms
fixed, fixer, fixes, fixing, fixity, fixable
Words from these letters
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