fix

Noun

fix (plural fixes)

1. An instance of fixing.
2. A difficult situation or dilemma.
3. A serving of an addictive drug to an addict.

   "Just one fix!" -Alain Jourgensen

3 letters in word "fix": F I X.

No anagrams for fix found in this word list.

Words found within fix:

if xi

• Definitions:
• repair: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" fasten: cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" specify: decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters" cook: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" pay back: take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!"; "That'll fix him good!"; "This time I got him" set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!" informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study fixate: make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame" something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; "she needed a fix of chocolate" repair: the act of putting something in working order again sterilize: make infertile; "in some countries, people with genetically transmissible disabilites are sterilized" situate: put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers" localization: a determination of the place where something is; "he got a good fix on the target" 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"
• A position fix or simply a fix is a term used in position fixing in navigation to describe a position derived from measuring external reference points.
• A sour-type drink similar to the daisy, made with crushed ice in a large goblet.
• A geographical position determined by visual reference to the surface, by reference to one or more radio NAVAIDs, by celestial plotting, or by another navigational device.
• The restoration of Authorisation Service functionality by the provision of re-configuration, application of patches, instruction or other actions detailed under the definition for Service.
• An accurate position of the vessel, as determined by any reasonably accurate method, such as by taking visual bearings.
• The charted position of a boat made by taking two or more bearings on known landmarks
• To anchor something either temporarily or permanently
• A sour drink, usually made with pineapple syrup and crushed ice.
• The client requests access to a page using the bufferfix interface.
• The London Gold Fixing. A meeting of representatives from Bullion Banks, (Fixing members), at 10:30 am and 3:00 pm each day to determine (fix) a benchmark value for gold that is used to settle various contracts between buyers and sellers. ...
• a fixed cost (or fixed display time) strategist equivalent to the fixed cost strategies Maynard Smith (1982) termed a,b,c ... etc. In the notation we are using here x refers to the cost that fix is willing to pay (its value of m). ...
• Chemical process which converts unused light-sensitive silver-halide crystals to a soluble silver complex in both negatives and prints, making the image stable and unalterable in white light. Also referred to as hypo. (see Hypo)
• a boat's position as marked on a chart, established by taking bearings on two or more known landmark's (visual fix) or two or more radio sources (electronic fix).
• A solution to a software problem or bug. Usually, a section of a computer program or a file to be overwritten to correct the problem, called a patch.
• A determined location in navigation, derived from established reference points.
• Same as to close a session.
• a mix of spirit, lemon, sugar, water and fruit on crushed ice in a highball.
• to change into an available form
• The same thing as a Daisy, but you use fresh fruit instead of fruit syrup.
• A single position with latitude, longitiude, altitude, time and date.
• To wash a negative or print in a chemical solution that dissolves the remaining unexposed silver salts and makes it insensitive to further action by the light.

• fivespots ←
• fivespot ←
• fives ←
• fix
• → fixable
• → fixate
• → fixated