n. 25B6; verb
signs were fixed to lamp posts : FASTEN, attach, affix, secure; join, connect, couple, link; install, implant, embed; stick, glue, pin, nail, screw, bolt, clamp, clip.
his words are fixed in my memory : STICK, lodge, embed.
his eyes were fixed on the ground : FOCUS, direct, level, point, train.
techniques of fixing audience's attention : ATTRACT, draw; hold, grip, engage, captivate, rivet.
he fixed my washing machine : REPAIR, mend, put right, put to rights, get working, restore (to working order); overhaul, service, renovate, recondition.
James fixed it for his parents to watch the show from the wings : ARRANGE, organize, contrive, manage, engineer; informal swing, wangle.
(informal) Laura was fixing her hair : ARRANGE, put in order, adjust; style, groom, comb, brush; informal do.
(informal) Chris will fix supper : PREPARE, cook, make, get; informal rustle up; Brit. informal knock up.
let's fix a date for the meeting : DECIDE ON, select, choose, resolve on; determine, settle, set, arrange, establish, allot; designate, name, appoint, specify.
chemicals are used to fix the dye : MAKE PERMANENT, make fast, set.
(informal) the fight was fixed : RIG, arrange fraudulently; tamper with, influence; informal fiddle.
(informal) don't tell anybody, or I'll fix you! : GET ONE'S REVENGE ON, avenge oneself on, get even with, get back at, take reprisals against, punish, deal with; informal get one's own back on, sort someone out, settle someone's hash.
(informal) a place where they can fix : INJECT DRUGS, take drugs; informal shoot up, mainline.
the cat has been fixed : CASTRATE, neuter, geld, spay, desex, sterilize; N. Amer. & Austral. alter; Brit. informal doctor; archaic emasculate.
remove.
25B6; noun (informal)
they are in a bit of a fix : PREDICAMENT, plight, difficulty, awkward situation, corner, tight spot; mess, mare's nest, dire straits; informal pickle, jam, hole, scrape, bind, sticky situation.
he needed his fix : DOSE; informal hit.
a quick fix for the coal industry : SOLUTION, answer, resolution, way out, remedy, cure; informal magic bullet.
the result was a complete fix : FRAUD, swindle, trick, charade, sham; informal set-up, fiddle.
25A0; fix someone up (informal) PROVIDE, supply, furnish.
25A0; fix something up ORGANIZE, arrange, make arrangements for, fix, sort out.