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Verb fixate has 4 senses
- 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
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- 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
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- fixate, fix - make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"
--3 is one way to attach
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- 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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