Unscramble fixing

Definition of fixing

noun:

• the act of putting something in working order again. Synonyms: fix, fixture, mend, mending, repair, reparation.
• restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. Synonyms: fastener, fastening, holdfast.
• the sterilization of an animal; "they took him to the vet for neutering". Synonyms: altering, neutering.
• (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body. Synonyms: fixation.

verb:

• restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set", "Repair my shoes please". Synonyms: bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on. Antonyms: break.
• cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door", "she fixed her gaze on the man". Synonyms: fasten, fix, secure. Antonyms: unfasten.
• decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables", "specify the parameters". Synonyms: define, determine, fix, limit, set, specify.
• prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please", "can you make me an omelette?", "fix breakfast for the guests, please". Synonyms: cook, fix, make, prepare, ready.
• take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!", "That'll fix him good!", "This time I got him". Synonyms: fix, get, pay back, pay off.
• set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!". Synonyms: fix.
• kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study. Synonyms: fix.
• make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame". Synonyms: fix, fixate.
• make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized". Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize, unsex.
• influence an event or its outcome by illegal means; "fix a race". Synonyms: fix.
• put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder", "deposit the suitcase on the bench", "fix your eyes on this spot". Synonyms: deposit, fix, posit, situate.
• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!", "prepare for war", "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill". Synonyms: fix, gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up.

Related words

alter, anchor, bandage, bar, belay, bellyband, belt, berth, bight, bind, bitt, brace, brad, brooch, buckle, bury, button, cable, carabiner, care, castrate, castration, catch, cement, chain, chock, cinch, clamp, clasp, cleat, clinch, clip, clothespin, coapt, cobble, concoct, cottar, cotter, cram, cramp, crank, cringle, crop, cultivate, darn, darning, define, deglaze, demasculinise, demasculinize, deposit, devil, dowel, dress, emasculate, emasculation, entrench, escallop, eyelet, fiddle, fill, fillet, fix, flambe, garter, girth, grommet, ground, grout, grummet, hang, hasp, heel, hook, intrench, joggle, joint, karabiner, keep, knot, lard, lashing, latch, link, linkup, lock, locker, lodge, loop, maintenance, moor, mount, nail, name, neuter, noose, patch, patching, picket, piece, pin, point, poise, precondition, precook, preserve, prime, provide, quantify, quickie, quicky, reconstruction, reheel, repoint, reset, resole, restitution, restoration, revamp, rig, rivet, scallop, screw, seal, sediment, set, sew, snap, socialise, socialize, sole, spay, spaying, spike, stake, staple, stay, stick, stitch, stopping, strap, string, summerise, summerize, tack, tie, tinker, toggle, troubleshoot, upkeep, vamp, vasectomise, vasectomize, velcro, wedge, winterise, winterize, wire, work, zip, zipper.

Words nearby

filing, firing, fixings, mixing.

Rhymes with

mixing.