| Sounds | fih'ks | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acoustics ... UNIX: 110 rhymes with ihks... | |
| Meaning | informal terms for a difficult situation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he got into a terrible fix" | |
| Synonyms | hole, jam, mess, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish | |
| Narrower | dog's breakfast, dog's dinner | A poor job |
| Broader | difficulty | A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome |
| Spanish | atolladero, berenjenal, embrollo, enredo, lío, maraña, taco | |
| Catalan | batibull, embolic, embull, galimaties, garbuix, merder | |
| Meaning | Something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "she needed a fix of chocolate" | |
| Broader | intravenous injection | An injection into a vein |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Meaning | The act of putting something in working order again. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | repair, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation | |
| Narrower | band aid, quick fix, quickie, quicky | hurried repair |
| care, maintenance, upkeep | activity involved in maintaining something in good working order | |
| darning | The act of mending a hole in a garment with crossing threads | |
| patching | The act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it | |
| reconstruction | The activity of constructing something again | |
| restitution | The act of restoring something to its original state | |
| restoration | The act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state | |
| Broader | improvement | The act of improving something |
| Spanish | arreglo, compostura, enmienda, instalación, remiendo, reparación, reparo, solución | |
| Catalan | adobament, adob, reparació | |
| Verbs | fix | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn / torn or broken |
| Meaning | An exemption granted / granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers" | |
| Broader | exemption, immunity, granting immunity | An act exempting someone |
| Catalan | frau, martingala | |
| Meaning | A determination of the place where something is. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he got a good fix on the target" | |
| Synonyms | localization, localisation, location, locating | |
| Narrower | echolocation, echo sounding | Determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it |
| Broader | determination, finding | The act of determining the properties of something, usually by research or calculation |
| Spanish | localización, localizar, posición, ubicación | |
| Catalan | localització | |
| Meaning | Cause to be firmly attached. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "she fixed her gaze on the man" | |
| Synonyms | fasten, secure | |
| Cause to | fasten | Become fixed or fastened |
| Entailed by | lace, lace up | Draw through eyes or holes |
| seal | Close with or as if with a seal | |
| tie down, tie up, bind, truss | Secure with or as if with ropes | |
| Narrower | anchor, cast anchor, drop anchor | Secure a vessel with an anchor |
| anchor, ground | Fix firmly and stably | |
| bar | Secure with, or as if with, bars | |
| belay | Fasten a boat to a bitt, pin, or cleat | |
| belay | Turn a rope round an object or person in order to secure it or him | |
| belt | fasten with a belt | |
| bight | Fasten with a bight | |
| bind, bandage | wrap / wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose | |
| bitt | Secure with a bitt | |
| brad | Fasten with brads | |
| brooch, clasp | Fasten with or as if with a brooch | |
| buckle, clasp | Fasten with a buckle or buckles | |
| button | Fasten with buttons | |
| cable | Fasten with a cable | |
| cement | Bind or join with or as if with cement | |
| chain | Fasten or secure with chains | |
| chock | Secure with chocks | |
| cinch, girth | Tie a cinch around | |
| clamp | Fasten or fix with a clamp | |
| cleat | Secure on a cleat | |
| clinch | flatten the ends (of nails and rivets) | |
| clinch | Secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts | |
| coapt | fit tightly and fasten | |
| cramp | Secure with a cramp | |
| crank | Fasten with a crank | |
| entrench, intrench | Fix firmly or securely | |
| garter | Fasten with or as if with a garter | |
| grout | Bind with grout | |
| hang, hang up | Cause to be hanging or suspended | |
| hang | place in position as by a hinge so as to allow free movement in one direction | |
| hasp | Secure or lock with a hasp | |
| hook | Fasten with a hook | |
| joggle | Fasten or join with a joggle | |
| joint | Fasten with a joint | |
| latch | Fasten with a latch / latch | |
| lock | Fasten with a lock | |
| lock up | Secure by locking | |
| lodge, wedge, stick, deposit | Put, fix, force, or implant | |
| moor | Secure with cables or ropes | |
| moor, berth, tie up | Secure in or as if in a berth or dock | |
| noose | Secure with a noose | |
| picket | Fasten with a picket | |
| pin | attach or fasten with pins or as if with pins | |
| rig | Connect or secure to | |
| rivet | Fasten with a rivet or rivets | |
| rope up | attach to one another, for safety | |
| sew, run up, sew together, stitch | Fasten by sewing | |
| spike | Secure with spikes | |
| stake | Tie or fasten to a stake | |
| staple | Secure or fasten with a staple or staples | |
| stay | Fasten with stays | |
| strap | Secure (a sprained joint) with a strap | |
| string | string together | |
| tack | Fasten with tacks | |
| tie, bind | Fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord | |
| toggle | Fasten with, or as if with, a toggle | |
| velcro | Fasten with Velcro | |
| wire | Fasten with wire | |
| zip up, zipper, zip | Close with a zipper | |
| Broader | attach | Cause to be attached |
| Opposite | unfasten | Cause to become undone |
| Spanish | asegurar, concertar, fijar, reparar, sujetar, unir | |
| Catalan | assegurar, concertar, fixar, reparar | |
| Nouns | fixture | an object firmly fixed in place (especially in a household) |
| fixture | the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | |
| Meaning | decide upon or fix definitely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "fix the variables" | |
| Synonyms | specify, set, determine, define, limit | |
| Narrower | define | Give a definition for the meaning / meaning of a word |
| name | mention and identify by name | |
| quantify | Use as a quantifier | |
| reset | Set anew | |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives |
| Spanish | concertar, determinar, especificar, fijar, precisar | |
| Catalan | concertar, determinar, especificar, fixar | |
| Meaning | Take vengeance on or get even. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Example | "That'll fix him good!" | |
| Synonyms | pay back, pay off, get | |
| Broader | get even, get back | Take revenge or even out a score |
| Similar to | pay | make a compensation for |
| Spanish | coger, desquitarse, pagar, pillar | |
| Meaning | Set or place definitely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Let's fix the date for the party!" | |
| Broader | establish, found, plant, constitute, institute | Set up or lay the groundwork for |
| Spanish | concertar, fijar | |
| Catalan | concertar, fixar | |
| Meaning | kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Category | cytology | The branch of biology that studies the structure and function of cells |
| Broader | 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 |
| Nouns | 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 |
| Meaning | make fixed, stable or stationary. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "let's fix the picture to the frame" | |
| Synonym | fixate | |
| Broader | attach | Cause to be attached |
| Spanish | fijar | |
| Catalan | fixar | |
| Meaning | make infertile. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | sterilize, sterilise, desex, unsex, desexualize, desexualise | |
| Narrower | alter, neuter, spay, castrate | Remove the ovaries of |
| emasculate, castrate, demasculinize, demasculinise | Remove the testicles of a male animal | |
| vasectomize, vasectomise | Remove the vas deferens | |
| Broader | operate on, operate | Perform surgery on |
| Spanish | capar, castrar, emascular, esterilizar, mutilar | |
| Catalan | esterilitzar | |
| Nouns | fixing | the sterilization of an animal |
| Meaning | Influence an event or its outcome by illegal means. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "fix a race" | |
| Broader | influence, act upon, work | Have and exert influence or effect |
| Spanish | trucar | |
| Meaning | put (something somewhere) firmly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "fix your eyes on this spot" | |
| Synonyms | situate, posit, deposit | |
| Narrower | bury | place in the earth and cover with soil |
| sediment | Deposit as a sediment | |
| Broader | put, set, place, pose, position, lay | Put into a certain place or abstract location |
| Spanish | depositar, situar, ubicar | |
| Catalan | depositar, situar-se, situar, ubicar | |
| Meaning | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
| Example | "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" | |
| Synonyms | prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set | |
| Narrower | brace, poise | Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult |
| cram | Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam | |
| cultivate, crop, work | Prepare for crops | |
| fix | kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study | |
| mount | Fix onto a backing, setting, or support | |
| precondition | put into the required condition beforehand | |
| prime | insert / insert a primer into (a gun / gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing | |
| provide | Take measures in preparation for | |
| set up, lay out, set | Get ready for a particular purpose or event | |
| socialize, socialise | Prepare for social life | |
| summerize, summerise | Prepare for summer | |
| winterize, winterise | Prepare for winter | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | acondicionar, aprestarse, aprestar, disponerse, disponer, prepararse, preparar | |
| Catalan | aprestar, disposar-se, preparar-se, preparar | |
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