fix

v

1. fasten, secure, clinch, make fast; attach, connect, couple, link, pin, clasp; rivet, nail, screw, bolt, drive in; cement, solder, weld, fuse; clamp, vise, brace, stay, prop; lock, bar, hasp; gird, buckle, tie, bind, truss, hitch; tether, yoke, fetter, pinion.

2. set, solidify, congeal, harden, stiffen, rigidify.

3. establish, institute, organize, found; stabilize, ground, plant, implant, install; settle, determine, decide, conclude, seal; define, limit, delimit; purpose, resolve, will.

4.(usu. of eyes or attention) direct, level at; attract, hold, magnetize.

5. repair, mend, restore, doctor, fix up; patch, patch up, touch up, renovate, renew; correct, amend, rectify, remedy, better, ameliorate; adjust, arrange, straighten, place.

6.Informal. get even with, retaliate, wreak vengeance, take retribution.

7.Informal. castrate, asexualize, eunuchize. See castrate(def.1).

8. fix up

Informal. a. arrange for, plan for, provide with, furnish.b. smooth out or over, clear up, solve, resolve, reconcile.

n

9.Informal. predicament, dilemma, plight, Inf. pickle, difficulty, trouble, Inf. hot water, scrape; corner, tight spot, Sl. box, bind, double bind, catch-22, vicious circle; strait, Inf. squeeze, pinch, push, hole, quagmire; cul-de-sac, dead end, blind alley; impasse, standstill, stalemate, deadlock; quandary, perplexity, uncertainty, confusion, muddle, mess, botch