Fix

Quick meaning: Fix is a verb meaning (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
2. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
3. (ditransitive, informal) To prepare (food or drink).
4. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
5. (transitive, mathematics, semantics) To map (a point or subset) to itself.
6. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
7. (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.

Example Sentences

Fix this for me.

You can't fix stupid.

She fixed dinner for the kids.

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

Word Forms

• fixes
• fixing
• fixt
• fixed
• fixest
• fixedst
• fixeth
• fixe

Synonyms for fix

Depending on context, synonyms include impale, run through, stick, join, put together, unite.

Antonyms for fix

Common opposites include move, change, break, bust, unfasten.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fasten, hole, sterilize, set, desex, muddle.

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