fixes
/ˈfɪksɪz/ · noun
Meaning
- A repair or corrective action.
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
- A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- A determination of location.
- Fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
- To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
- To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- To mend, to repair.
- To prepare (food or drink).
- To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion
- To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
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