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fixate

 
Verb fixate has 4 senses
  1. fixate - attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40"
    --1 is one way to
    bind, tie, attach, bond
    Derived form: noun fixation2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. fixate - pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death"
    --2 is one way to
    attend, hang, advert, pay heed, give ear
    Derived form: noun fixation2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. fixate, fix - make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"
    --3 is one way to attach
    Derived forms: noun fixation3, noun fixation4
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
  4. fixate, settle on - become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon"
    --4 is one way to freeze, stop dead
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
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