Dictionary Entry
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.
3 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 28 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Fixed; solidified.
- 2transitive verb
To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.
- 3transitive verb
To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
- 4transitive verb
To transfix; to pierce.
- 5transitive verb
To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light.
- 6transitive 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.
- 7transitive verb
To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
- 8intransitive verb
To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- 9intransitive 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.
- 10noun
A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.
- 11noun
fettling.
- 12noun
a determination of the place where something is
"he got a good fix on the target"
- 13noun
an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear
"collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"
- 14noun
the act of putting something in working order again
- 15noun
something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug
"she needed a fix of chocolate"
- 16noun
informal terms for a difficult situation
"he got into a terrible fix"
"he made a muddle of his marriage"
- 17verb
make infertile
"in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized"
- 18verb
restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken
"She repaired her TV set"
"Repair my shoes please"
- 19verb
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"
- 20verb
kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
- 21verb
make fixed, stable or stationary
"let's fix the picture to the frame"
Synonyms
- 22verb
decide upon or fix definitely
"fix the variables"
"specify the parameters"
- 23verb
take vengeance on or get even
"We'll get them!"
"That'll fix him good!"
Synonyms
- 24verb
cause to be firmly attached
"fasten the lock onto the door"
"she fixed her gaze on the man"
- 25verb
put (something somewhere) firmly
"She posited her hand on his shoulder"
"deposit the suitcase on the bench"
- 26verb
set or place definitely
"Let's fix the date for the party!"
- 27verb
prepare for eating by applying heat
"Cook me dinner, please"
"can you make me an omelette?"
- 28verb
influence an event or its outcome by illegal means
"fix a race"
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