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fixed
Verb
  • simple past tense and past participle of fix
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