fix
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(noun) an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers" |
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Related Words: exemption, granting immunity, immunity |
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(noun) (informal) an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug |
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Related Words: intravenous injection |
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(verb) kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study; in cytology |
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Related Words: gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up |
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(verb) set or place definitely; "Let's fix the date for the party!" |
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Related Words: constitute, establish, found, institute, plant |
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(noun) informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage" |
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Synonyms: hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle |
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Related Words: difficulty |
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(noun) the act of putting something in working order again |
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Synonyms: fixing, mending, repair, reparation |
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Related Words: band aid, care, darning, improvement, maintenance, patching, quick fix, quickie, quicky, reconstruction, restitution, restoration, upkeep |
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(verb) make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame" |
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Synonyms: fixate |
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Related Words: attach |
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(verb) cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" |
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Synonyms: fasten, secure |
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Related Words: anchor, attach, bandage, bar, belay, belt, berth, bight, bind, bitt, brad, brooch, buckle, button, cable, cast anchor, cement, chain, chock, cinch, clamp, clasp, cleat, clinch, coapt, cramp, crank, deposit, drop anchor, entrench, garter, girth, ground, grout, hang, hang up, hasp, hook, intrench, joggle, joint, latch, lock, lock up, lodge, moor, noose, picket, pin, rig, rivet, run up, screw, sew, sew together, spike, stake, staple, stay, stick, stitch, strap, string, tack, tie, toggle, velcro, wedge, wire, zip, zip up, zipper |
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(verb) place firmly |
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Synonyms: deposit, pose, posit, situate |
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Related Words: bury, lay, place, pose, position, put, set |
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(verb) prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for the guests, please" |
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Synonyms: cook, make, prepare, ready |
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Related Words: concoct, cook up, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, devil, lard, precook, put on, whip up, whomp up |
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(verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
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Synonyms: bushel, doctor, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on |
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Related Words: ameliorate, amend, better, cobble, darn, fill, heel, improve, meliorate, patch, patch up, piece, point, reheel, repoint, resole, revamp, sole, trouble-shoot, vamp |
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(verb) decide upon, as of variables in math |
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Synonyms: determine, set, specify |
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Related Words: choose, define, name, pick out, quantify, reset, select, take |
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(verb) take vengeance on or get even; "We'll get them!" "That'll fix him good!" "This time I got him" |
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Synonyms: get, pay back, pay off |
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Related Words: get back, get even |
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(verb) make infertile; of both males and females |
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Synonyms: desex, desexualize, sterilize, unsex |
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Related Words: alter, castrate, demasculinize, emasculate, neuter, operate, operate on, spay, vasectomize |
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(noun) a determination of the location of something; "he got a good fix on the target" |
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Synonyms: localisation, localization, locating, location |
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Related Words: determination, echo sounding, echolocation, finding |
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