WIKTIONARY

fixed

Verb

Adjective

∙ Not changing, not able to be changed, staying the same.
∙ Stationary.
∙ Attached; affixed.
∙ Chemically stable.
∙ Supplied with what one needs.
∙ Of sound, recorded on a permanent medium. law
∙ Surgically rendered infertile (spayed, neutered or castrated). dialectal, informal
∙ Rigged; fraudulently prearranged.
∙ Resolved; corrected. of a problem

fix

Noun

∙ A repair or corrective action.
∙ A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
∙ A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user. informal
∙ A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
∙ A determination of location.
∙ fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace) US

Verb

∙ To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix. transitive, obsolete
- ∙ (Of a piercing look) to direct at someone. transitive, by extension
∙ To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time. transitive
- ∙ To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate. transitive, figuratively, usually in the passive
∙ To mend, to repair. transitive
∙ To prepare (food). transitive, informal
∙ 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 transitive
∙ To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile. transitive, US, informal
∙ To map a (point or subset) to itself. transitive, mathematics, sematics
∙ To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant. transitive, informal
∙ To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light. transitive
∙ To convert into a stable or available form. transitive, chemistry, biology
∙ To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. intransitive
∙ To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. intransitive

English Dictionary

Studying English?