transitive verb fixed, fixing
- to make firm, stable, or secure
- to fasten or attach firmly
- to set firmly in the mind
- to direct steadily: to fix the eyes on a target
- to direct one's eyes steadily at: to fix the target
- to make rigid or stiff: to fix one's jaw
- to make permanent or lasting: color is fixed in dyeing
- to arrange or establish definitely; set: to fix the date of a wedding
- to determine with certainty: to fix the period of the dinosaurs' existence
- to assign or ascribe: the jury must fix guilt
- to arrange properly or in a certain way; set in order; adjust
- to restore to proper condition; repair, mend, remedy, heal, etc.
- to bank, refuel, and tend (a fire)
- to prepare and cook (food or meals)
- to preserve (a specimen) so that its tissue, etc. can be used for microscopic study
- ☆ Informal to influence the result or action of (a horse race, jury, election, etc.) to one's advantage by bribery, trickery, etc.
- ☆ Informal to revenge oneself on; get even with; punish or chastise
- Informal to spay or castrate
- Chem.
- to make solid, permanent, or nonvolatile
- to cause (atmospheric nitrogen) to combine with other elements or compounds to form nitrates, ammonia, etc.
- Photog. to make (a film, print, etc.) permanent and prevent from fading by washing in a chemical solution