repair, fix, fixing, fixture, mend, mending, reparation
(noun) the act of putting something in working order again
fixation, fixing
(noun) (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
neutering, fixing, altering
(noun) the sterilization of an animal; “they took him to the vet for neutering”
fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing
(noun) restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fixing (plural fixings)
The act of subverting (fixing) a vote.
(UK, usually, in the plural) Something to aid attachment during construction (screws, wall plugs, etc)
See fixings.
fixing
present participle of fix
(southern US, slang, with infinitive) Going; preparing; ready. Only used in fixing to.
• (going): about, fitting
Source: Wiktionary
Fix"ing, n.
1. The act or process of making fixed.
2. That which is fixed; a fixture.
3. pl.
Definition: Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments. [Colloq. U.S.]
Fix, a. Etym: [OE., fr. L. fixus, p.p. of figere to fix; cf. F. fixe.]
Definition: Fixed; solidified. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Fix, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fixing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fixer.]
1. To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make efinite. An ass's nole I fixed on his head. Shak. O, fix thy chair of grace, that all my powers May also fix their reverence. Herbert. His heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Ps. cxii. 7. And fix far deeper in his head their stings. Milton.
2. To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker. Sat fixed in thought the mighty Stagirite. Pope. One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. Young.
3. To transfix; to pierce. [Obs.] Sandys.
4. (Photog.)
Definition: To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications a will make it insensible to the action of light. Abney.
5. To put in prder; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room. [Colloq. U.S.]
6. (Iron Manuf.)
Definition: To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
Syn.
– To arrange; prepare; adjust; place; establis; settle; determine.
Fix, v. i.
1. To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest. Your kindness banishes your fear, Resolved to fix forever here. Waller.
2. 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. Bacon. To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points.
Fix, n.
1. A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dillema. [Colloq.] Is he not living, then No. is he dead, then No, nor dead either. Poor Aroar can not live, and can not die, -- so that he is in an almighty fix. De Quincey.
2. (Iron Manuf.)
Definition: fettling. [U.S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
