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Fixed

adjective
1.
(of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value.
2.
Fixed and unmoving.  Synonyms: rigid, set.  "His bearded face already has a set hollow look" , "A face rigid with pain"
3.
Securely placed or fastened or set.  "A fixed resistor"  Antonym: unfixed.
4.
Incapable of being changed or moved or undone; e.g..  Synonym: frozen.  "Living on fixed incomes"


Fix

verb
(past & past part. fixed; pres. part. fixing)
1.
Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.  Synonyms: bushel, doctor, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on.  "Repair my shoes please"  Antonym: break.
2.
Cause to be firmly attached.  Synonyms: fasten, secure.  "She fixed her gaze on the man"  Antonym: unfasten.
3.
Decide upon or fix definitely.  Synonyms: define, determine, limit, set, specify.  "Specify the parameters"
4.
Prepare for eating by applying heat.  Synonyms: cook, make, prepare, ready.  "Can you make me an omelette?" , "Fix breakfast for the guests, please"
5.
Take vengeance on or get even.  Synonyms: get, pay back, pay off.  "That'll fix him good!" , "This time I got him"
6.
Set or place definitely.
7.
Kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study.
8.
Make fixed, stable or stationary.  Synonym: fixate.
9.
Make infertile.  Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex.
10.
Influence an event or its outcome by illegal means.
11.
Put (something somewhere) firmly.  Synonyms: deposit, posit, situate.  "Deposit the suitcase on the bench" , "Fix your eyes on this spot"
12.
Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.  Synonyms: gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up.  "Prepare for war" , "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"



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"Fixed" Quotes from Famous Books



... Britain toward neutral commerce Count Hatzfeldt contended that his Government was "fully justified in claiming the release of the Bundesrath without investigation by a Prize Court, and that all the more because, since the ship is a mail-steamer with a fixed itinerary, she could not discharge her cargo at any other port than the neutral ...
— Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War • Robert Granville Campbell
... church is designed to be finished in marbles of harmonious colors, with carved and other decorated work, as shown in the section. The surface of the floor is to be laid in mosaic tile, the presumption being that fixed pews will not be used in the cathedral. Ample storage can be obtained for portable seats ...
— The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, Jan-Mar, 1890 • Various
... finished breakfast a half-hour earlier, but she accepted a cup of coffee. Mihul, all athlete, declined. She went over to Plemponi's desk and stood leaning against it, arms folded across her chest, calm blue eyes fixed thoughtfully on Trigger. With her lithe length of body, Mihul sometimes reminded Trigger of a ferret, but the tanned face was a pleasant one and there was humor around the mouth. Even in Trigger's pregraduate days, she and Mihul had ...
— Legacy • James H Schmitz
... the words been spoken, While his gaze was fixed upon him, 150 When the man transformed before him, And became a mighty hero. While his feet the earth were stamping, To the clouds his head he lifted, To his knees his beard was flowing, To his spurs ...
— Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) - The Land of the Heroes • Anonymous
... rather get these holes and players sort of fixed in my mind first. We'll go over the plays tomorrow, if you ...
— Left Guard Gilbert • Ralph Henry Barbour


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