Fix

/ˈfɪks/ · verb

Meaning

(transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix..

Definitions by Sense

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
2. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
3. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
4. (ditransitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
5. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
6. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
7. (transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map (a point or subset) to itself.
8. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.

Example Sentences

A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.

A leech can fix itself to your skin without you feeling it.

The Constitution fixes the date when Congress must meet.

We've come a long, long way boys! Now it's time for America to show its teeth. Fix bayonets!

That heater will start a fire if you don't fix it.

You can't fix stupid.

Fix this for me.

She fixed dinner for the kids.

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Antonyms for fix

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Word Forms

• fixes
• fixing
• fixt
• fixed
• no-table-tags
• glossary
• fix
• fixest
• fixedst
• fixeth
• -
• fixe

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