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Noun fixing has 4 senses
- repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation - the act of putting something in working order again
--1 is a kind of improvement
--1 has particulars:
- fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
--2 is a kind of restraint, constraint
--2 has particulars: | | bellyband; buckle; button; carabiner, karabiner, snap ring; catch; clasp; cleat; clinch; clip; clothespin, clothes pin, clothes peg; corrugated fastener, wiggle nail; cotter, cottar; cringle, eyelet, loop, grommet, grummet; dowel, dowel pin, joggle; fillet, stopping; hook and eye; knot; lashing; link, linkup, tie, tie-in; lock; locker; nail; nut and bolt; paper fastener; pin; screw; seal; sealing wax, seal; slide fastener, zip, zipper, zip-fastener; snap, snap fastener, press stud; toggle; toggle bolt |
- neutering, fixing, altering - the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering"
--3 is a kind of sterilization, sterilisation
--3 has particulars: castration, emasculation; spaying
- fixation, fixing - (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
--4 is a kind of preservation
--4 is a part of plastination
Verb fix has 11 senses
- repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on - restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please"
--1 is one way to better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
Sample sentence:
The men fix the chairs
- fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man"
--2 is one way to attach
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- specify, set, determine, fix, limit - decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
--3 is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- cook, fix, ready, make, prepare - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
--4 is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sample sentence:
The chefs fix the vegetables
- pay back, pay off, get, fix - take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him"
--5 is one way to get even, get back
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- fix - set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!"
--6 is one way to establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
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Something ----s something
- fix - kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
--7 is one way to fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- fixate, fix - make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame"
--8 is one way to attach
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise, fix - make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disbilites are sterilized"
--9 is one way to operate on, operate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- situate, fix, posit, deposit - put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
--10 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set - 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"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
--11 is one way to change, alter, modify
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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
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Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
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