fix

1. verb

1)

he fixed my washing machine

Syn:

repair, mend, put right, put to rights, get working, restore (to working order); overhaul, service, renovate, recondition

2)

signs were fixed to utility poles

Syn:

fasten, attach, affix, secure; join, connect, couple, link; install, implant, embed; stick, glue, pin, nail, screw, bolt, clamp, clip

3)

his words are fixed in my memory

Syn:

stick, lodge, embed, burned, branded

4)

his eyes were fixed on the ground

Syn:

focus, direct, level, point, train

5) informal

Laura was fixing her hair

Syn:

arrange, put in order, adjust; style, groom, comb, brush; informal do

6) informal

Chris will fix supper

Syn:

prepare, cook, make, get; informal rustle up, whip up

7)

let's fix a date for the meeting

Syn:

decide on, select, choose, resolve on; determine, settle, set, arrange, establish, allot; designate, name, appoint, specify

8)

chemicals are used to fix the dye

Syn:

make permanent, make fast, set

9) informal

the fight was fixed

Syn:

rig, arrange fraudulently; tamper with, influence; informal fiddle

10) informal

don't tell anybody, or I'll fix you!

Syn:

get one's revenge on, avenge oneself on, get even with, get back at, take reprisals against, punish, deal with; sort someone out

11)

the cat has been fixed

Syn:

castrate, neuter, geld, spay, desex, sterilize; informal doctor, alter

2. noun, informal

1)

they are in a bit of a fix

Syn:

predicament, plight, difficulty, awkward situation, corner, tight spot; mess, mare's nest, dire straits; informal pickle, jam, hole, scrape, bind, sticky situation

2)

he needed his fix

Syn:

dose; informal hit

3)

a quick fix for the coal industry

Syn:

solution, answer, resolution, way out, remedy, cure, placebo; informal magic bullet, band-aid solution

4)

the result was a complete fix

Syn:

fraud, swindle, trick, charade, sham; informal setup, fiddle

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- fix up