Fixing

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of making firm, stable, steadfast, or secure; the act of determining, settling, establishing, or rendering permanent; consolidation; establishment; the process by which anything is fixed.
  • noun. The act of repairing or putting to rights or in order.
  • noun. In machinery, a piece of cast-iron adapted to carry pillow-blocks and the like.
  • noun. In metallurgy, the coating of the lining of the revolving chamber of the Danks furnace (see puddle) with a second or working lining, accomplished by covering the first lining with a melted coating formed of hydrated non-silicious ore of iron mixed with scrap-iron; also, the coating so applied. This fixing is analogous to the fettling of the ordinary puddling-furnace.
  • noun. Establishment in life; the act of setting up in housekeeping, or of furnishing a house.
  • noun. plural Things needed for fixing, preparing, or putting in order; arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; garnishings of any kind: as, railroad fixings.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act or process of making fixed.
  • noun. That which is fixed; a fixture.
  • noun. Arrangements; embellishments; trimmings; accompaniments.
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  • noun. The act of subverting a vote.
  • verb. Present participle of fix.
  • verb. Going; preparing; ready.
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  • noun. the sterilization of an animal
  • noun. the act of putting something in working order again
  • noun. (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
  • noun. restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
  • Word Usage
    "My 12 point plan talks about everything from police officers living in the City, to working with the Fulton and Dekalb court systems, to what I call fixing broken windows on steroids."
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