Fix
English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Fix
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1 v. t.
To transfix; to pierce.
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2 v. t.
To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light.
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3 v. t.
To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room.
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4 v. t.
To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
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5 v. i.
To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
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6 v. i.
To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
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7 n.
A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.
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8 n.
fettling.
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9 a.
Fixed; solidified.
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10 v. t.
To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.
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11 v. t.
To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
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12 a.
Fixed; solidified.
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13 v. t.
To make firm, stable, or fast; to set or place permanently; to fasten immovably; to establish; to implant; to secure; to make definite.
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14 v. t.
To hold steadily; to direct unwaveringly; to fasten, as the eye on an object, the attention on a speaker.
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15 v. t.
To transfix; to pierce.
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16 v. t.
To render (an impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensible to the action of light.
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17 v. t.
To put in order; to arrange; to dispose of; to adjust; to set to rights; to set or place in the manner desired or most suitable; hence, to repair; as, to fix the clothes; to fix the furniture of a room.
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18 v. t.
To line the hearth of (a puddling furnace) with fettling.
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19 v. i.
To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
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20 v. i.
To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
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21 n.
A position of difficulty or embarassment; predicament; dilemma.
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22 n.
fettling.